Pat Nixon
Pat Nixon
Thelma Catherine "Pat" Nixonwas the wife of Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States, and First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth16 March 1912
CityEly, NV
CountryUnited States of America
life takes
It takes heart to be in political life.
job work
I'd like to work on job and educational opportunities for all.
I think a person has to just be herself.
I only know what I read in the papers.
time
I never had time to dream about being anyone else.
identify time
I don't have time to worry about who I admire or who I identify with.
since
I have made my own decisions ever since my father died.
admired assessment less people prefer rather tormented
If I had a choice, I'd rather be admired less and have my husband tormented less. I'd prefer that people concentrate on a fair assessment of him and his Presidency.
trying
I'm a perfectionist. I won't do a thing without trying to do it well.
best time
I have always tried my best to do what I thought was the right thing at the time.
room speaks tape wakes
I'll have to have a room of my own. Nobody could sleep with Dick. He wakes up during the night, switches on the lights, speaks into his tape recorder.
blessed caring daughters enhanced four life special wonderful
I've been blessed with a wonderful husband, two caring daughters and sons-in-law, and four really special grandchildren. They have each enhanced my life.
sorry
I would feel sorry for her if she did.
brings hearing people start
I think it brings them an awareness. To them, it's just on the news. But when they start hearing about people they know, it makes it more real.