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
People work for a living. They got families to raise. Their lives are tough.
Most people assume that physician language is akin to technical, non-understandable jargon. It does not have to be that way. Doctors do not perform witchcraft. They simply interpret what they are told and what tests reveal. They diagnose and prescribe treatment. Our responsibility is to help doctors know what is going on in our bodies and to insist on clear, precise, understandable language in response.
People don't know that New York really is just made up of a group of very small neighborhoods.
One of the truths of our time is the hunger deep in people are over the planet for coming into relationship with each other.
I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax.
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.
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 was really pleased ... we were all really nervous going into this debate and I thought that John Kerry knocked it out of the ballpark,
She's always going to take on whatever is the toughest challenge.
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.