Presidential Partner Quotes

...but there isn't going to be any First Lady. There is just to be plain, ordinary Mrs. Roosevelt...I never wanted to be the president's wife, and don't want it now. You don't quite believe me, do you? Very likely no one would-except possibly some woman who had had the job.

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!

Someday, someone will follow in my footsteps and preside over the White House as the President's spouse. And I wish him well.

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

There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.

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

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

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

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.