They blame the low-income women for ruining the country because they're 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.

—Ann Richards

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About Ann Richards

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Dorothy Ann Richards (née Willis; September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988...

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The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I'm not perfect. I'm just like you. They don't ask their public officials to be perfect. They just ask them to be smart, truthful, honest, and show a modicum of good sense.

—Ann Richards

I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.

—Ann Richards

There is a lot more to life than just struggling to make money.

—Ann Richards

I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any.

—Ann Richards

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I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.

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All good qualities in a child are the result of environment, while all the bad ones are the result of poor heredity on the side of the other parent.

—Elinor Goulding Smith

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If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents.

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Blame someone else and get on with your life.

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Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

—Laurence J. Peter

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