I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.

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.

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things.

I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.

Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

[On Hillary Rodham Clinton:] She always looks so adorable, and she's intrepid; she's the biggest bargain America ever got, bigger than that Louisiana Purchase from my French friends.

I am happiest when I am alone.