I believe the equal rights amendment is a necessity of life for all citizens. The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn't be so outspoken.

Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.

You never know what you can do until you have to do it.

You can make it, but it's easier if you don't have to do it alone.

For 14 years, I'd been on medication for the pinched nerve, the arthritis, the muscle spasms in my neck, and I'd lost my tolerance for pills. If I had a single drink, the alcohol, on top of the pills, would make me groggy.

I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.

I had thought I would hate being First Lady... I loved it.