Spousal Role Quotes

I bring the experiences of women. As a daughter, as a mother, as a wife, as a sister. That is who I am. Those experiences are part of me. And it is part of our American journey that we have moved through so much of what used to hold people back because of gender, because of race.

I'm definitely voting for First Gentleman.

Show me a wife who doesn't offer advice and I'll show you one who doesn't care very much.

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

To see your spouse in a parental role is one of the most incredible things.

The truth is I am not a very hands-on political wife; I don't get involved in day-to-day Downing Street life. They don't need me interfering, but in the evening, we will talk about each other's day. I try to stay out of the Westminster village. There are times when I will be surprised and curious about what's been announced.

So if Hillary [Clinton] is elected president, it will make history in two ways. She'll be the first woman president. And Bill Clinton, he'll be the first man and the first former president to return to the White House in the capacity of spouse.

First Lady sounds like the name of a race horse.

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

I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.

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

More often, I'm asked to play somebody's mother, somebody's partner, somebody's wife.

There's no actual title. Except sometimes 'wife of the prime minister,' which, you know, we could be a little more progressive.

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.

Because of who my husband is, and our life, and also he is number one in the polls - well, you take that all together, and people are very curious about me. I'm choosing not to go political in public because that is my husband's job. I'm very political in private life, and between me and my husband, I know everything that is going on.

The purpose of marriage is not to have pleasure and to be idle but to procreate and bring up children, to support a household. This, of course, is a huge burden full of great cares and toils. But you have been created by God to be a husband or a wife and that you may learn to bear these troubles.

You’re far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You’re far better suited as a wife.