Ann Richards
Ann Richards
Dorothy Ann Willis Richardswas an American politician and the 45th Governor of Texas. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the state treasurer of Texas, when she delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards served as the 45th Governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995 and was defeated for re-election in 1994 by George W. Bush. Richards was the second female governor of Texas, and was frequently noted in the media for her outspoken...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 September 1933
CityLacy Lakeview, TX
CountryUnited States of America
One of the most valuable lessons I learned...is that we all have to learn from our mistakes, and we learn from those mistakes a lot more than we learn from the things we succeeded in doing.
Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.
If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.
I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.
Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics.
Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected.
They blame the low income women for ruining the country because they are staying home with their children and not going out to work. They blame the middle income women for ruining the country because they go out to work and do not stay home to take care of their children.
I'm really glad that our young people missed the Depression, and missed the great big war. But I do regret that they missed the leaders that I knew. Leaders who told us when things were tough, and that we would have to sacrifice, and these difficulties might last awhile. They didn't tell us things were hard for us because we were different, or isolated, or special interests. They brought us together and they gave us a sense of national purpose.
I've always told my children that life is like a layer cake. You get to put one layer on top of the other, and whether you frost it or not is up to you.
I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.
I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.
Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.
Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.
I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.