The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.

Almost every person, from childhood, has been touched by the untamed beauty of wildflowers.

Where flowers bloom so does hope.

I have learned something about the job of being the President's wife. She is not chosen by anyone except her husband and she really has no obligations except to him.

The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.

Science and time and necessity have propelled us, the United States, to be the general store of the world, dealers in everything. Most of all, merchants for a better way of life.

The challenge we now face is to build on the record of the past, to continue accepting new responsibilities and seeking new opportunities to serve.