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
We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.
People work for a living. They got families to raise. Their lives are tough.
Well it's really hard to satisfy the right wing. I can tell you that.
I like candidates who tell me something that is going to make a difference to me.
I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio.
I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics.
Well, you know, too much democracy is a sort of sad thing.
I work very hard on my health, and I think about it, of course, like I've never thought before.
There is not a doubt in my mind that the people of America are hunkered down. They are afraid.
I travel all over the country making speeches for people I believe in.
Well, let me tell you, any conservative that's unhappy with George Bush warms my heart, in any way that they can wake up and smell the coffee would be really great.
Everything that we used to think got taught at home now seemingly has to be taught in the public school system, and something is going to get lost in the process.
I don't think people maybe think that the government does tell them the truth. I think they expect politicians who are going to tell them one thing and then when they get in office do something else.
I think in the immediate days after 9/11, the administration acted very, very well. I liked the decisiveness of it.