Nancy Reagan Quotes

My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'

Michelle Obama is a major asset for the president.

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

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

I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.

Patricia Nixon gave up a career to become a political wife. She rose to the pinnacle of glory and then fell to disgrace because of deeds over which she had neither control nor knowledge.

First Lady sounds like the name of a race horse.

You need a story, a scenario as First Lady.

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

There's a rigid template a first lady has to fit into. You're either the Dragon Lady or the Happy Homemaker.

I'm not wild about the term “first lady.” I'd just like to be called Laura Bush

First Lady of the Land

There is no definition for the Role of the First Lady. It is a no win situation. She will be criticized no matter what she does or says.

Historically, the most favorably viewed figure in any administration is the first lady, regardless of her husband's popularity. That is largely because first ladies avoid the political fray and are ritualistically presented as a warm, human presence in the White House.

My sense is that being a First Lady is a full-time job, but I'll know more when the time comes.

It's a lot of fun to just say to people, proudly, 'I get to play the First Lady.' It's just fun to say.

People vote for the president, not the vice president. I think sometimes people that are in the veepstakes talk too much about this and certainly the media does. I don't think that it's that important.

Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight.

Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!

Theodore Roosevelt had drawn public attention to his attractive family in order to create a bond with ordinary Americans. Eleanor Roosevelt had successfully broached the idea that a First Lady could be nearly as much a public figure as her husband.

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.

You are now public property, and ought to be where you can be reached by the people until you are inaugurated.

The President is a product.

I feel like I have just become public property.

The President was a responsibility beyond that of managing the government. He has a responsibility as a moral leader.