Barbara Bush, former First Lady

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that. —Barbara Bush, former First Lady

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that. —Barbara Bush, former First Lady

 

Charles Evers, American civil rights leader and first post-Reconstruction mayor in Mississippi

So I’m in the Republican Party for the same reason I was in the Democratic Party: to make sure blacks are included, along with everyone else. —Charles Evers, American civil rights leader and first post-Reconstruction mayor in Mississippi

So I’m in the Republican Party for the same reason I was in the Democratic Party: to make sure blacks are included, along with everyone else. —Charles Evers, American civil rights leader and first post-Reconstruction mayor in Mississippi

 

Betty Ford, former First Lady

The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women. —Betty Ford, former First Lady

The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women. —Betty Ford, former First Lady

 

Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady

It’s odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don’t quite fully share the hell of someone close to you. —Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady

It’s odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don’t quite fully share the hell of someone close to you. —Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady

 

Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady

The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom. —Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady

The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom. —Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady

 

Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady

The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom. —Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady

The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom. —Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady

 

Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis, former First Lady

When Harvard men say they have graduated from Radcliffe, then we’ve made it. —Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis, former First Lady

When Harvard men say they have graduated from Radcliffe, then we’ve made it. —Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis, former First Lady

 

Nancy Reagan, former First Lady

I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out. —Nancy Reagan, former First Lady

I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out. —Nancy Reagan, former First Lady

 

Nancy Reagan, former First Lady

I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine. —Nancy Reagan, former First Lady

I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine. —Nancy Reagan, former First Lady

 

Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people. —Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people. —Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady

 

Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect. —Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect. —Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady

 

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright

Look into any man’s heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed. —Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright

Look into any man’s heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed. —Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright