Political Spouses Quotes

When my father, Ronald Reagan, was running for president in 1980, my mother, Nancy, traveled with him on the campaign trail, but she did not give speeches or even many interviews. She never stood in front of a group of reporters and expounded on her views and opinions.

Some political spouses are much more comfortable on the campaign trail than others, and they take to it a lot more naturally.

Political spouses don't announce that they're staying, only that they're leaving. And that I have no announcements to make here tonight, at this time, with you, on this occasion.

First Ladies have been through a lot by the time their husbands get to the Presidency.

I can only ask people to be tolerant of the fact that the... pressures of wives of politicians is very, very strong.

Washington has been a lethal town for wives.

My husband is the first man to consistently be involved in the Senate Spouses group.

Maybe I'll create a guidebook for future political spouses: the dos and don'ts in D.C.

If Bill was all id, Hillary is all superego.

It seems that's where Bill Clinton came in last night because he told this long story about how they met [with Hillary Clinton], how he courted her, how he bought a house to convince her, I think after the third proposal, to actually marry him. And he talked about her activism and her commitment and everything. And it was as if he could tell the narrative in a way that she couldn't.

Ultimately, presidential campaigns are - or at least should be - about the candidates, not their spouses or surrogates.

A political man is disgusting, but a political wife, horrible.

I hoped that, you know, France wouldn't mind about, you know, the wife of their president to having a job.

Candidates' wives are supposed to sit cheerfully through their husbands' appearances.

Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?

Most political wives are accidental politicians.

Laura Bush, it seems, is used to cast a softer light on her husband, who then proceeds to reverse whatever she's just promised.

We often feel a twinge of guilt over our own fascination with presidential candidates' wives - as if we are secretly reading the 'Star' for our campaign information instead of the policy journals.