The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.

We are the only country in the world that trashes its old buildings. Too late we realize how very much we need them.

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

[To Oleg Cassini:] Just make sure no one has exactly the same dress I do ... I want all of mine to be original & no fat little woman hopping around in the same dress.

There will be great presidents again but there will never be another Camelot.

I will tell you one thing. They will never drag me out like a little old widow like they did Mrs. Wilson when President Wilson died. I will never be used that way.

You have only one chance to raise your child.