405 quotes by first ladys for you to enjoy

Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it, and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are or where we're from or what we look like or who we love. Michelle Obama

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You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. Rosalynn Carter

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I'm not a one-issue person. Barbara Bush

Person

Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide. Eleanor Roosevelt

War Think Suicide Must Would Anyone Next Who Thinks

Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man. Jackie Kennedy

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Maybe it is the media that has us divided. Laura Bush

Divided Maybe Us Media

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made. Michelle Obama

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I have seen how leaders rule by intimidation. Leaders who demonize and dehumanize entire groups of people often do so because they have nothing else to offer. And I have seen how places that stifle the voices and dismiss the potential of their citizens are diminished: how they are less vital, less hopeful, less free. Michelle Obama

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At the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are. Michelle Obama

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I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and I watch my daughters - two beautiful, intelligent black young women - playing with their dogs on the White House lawn. And because of Hillary Clinton, my daughters, and all our sons and daughters, now take for granted that a woman can be president of the United States. Michelle Obama

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My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters. Michelle Obama

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Another suggestion is to cook a meal, maybe not every night, but a couple more times a week than you usually do. That way you have leftovers, and you take your lunch to work. Michelle Obama

It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and I guess it's clean. Barbara Bush

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Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things. Barbara Bush

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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it. Barbara Bush

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I'm a little old-fashioned. Barbara Bush

Little Old-Fashioned

Now about those ghosts. I'm sure they're here and I'm not half so alarmed at meeting up with any of them as I am at having to meet the live nuts I have to see every day. Bess Truman

The mother of a family should look upon her housekeeping and the planning of meals as a scientific occupation. Eleanor Roosevelt

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I think I lived those years very impersonally. It was almost as though I had erected someone outside myself who was the president's wife. I was lost somewhere deep down inside myself. That is the way I felt and worked until I left the White House. Eleanor Roosevelt

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Actors are one family over the entire world. Eleanor Roosevelt

Family World Entire Entire World Over Actor

What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane? Jackie Kennedy

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