First Families Quotes

“have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.” The first First Lady’s philosophy”
― Bonnie Angelo, First Families: the Impact of the White House on Their Lives

“But Tad was touchingly tenderhearted. When Jack, the turkey being fattened for Christmas, became his pet, Tad's distress was so great that his father granted the bird a pardon–a custom that continues today.”
― Bonnie Angelo, First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives – A Human Portrait of Presidents and First Ladies from Eleanor Roosevelt to Hillary Clinton

“Icelandic ponies, though tiny, are not bred to ride in elevators, certainly not in the President's house...”
― Bonnie Angelo, First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives – A Human Portrait of Presidents and First Ladies from Eleanor Roosevelt to Hillary Clinton

“In that turbulent time, the happenstance First Lady, Betty Ford, was certain of one thing: she would not change. 'I've spent too many years as me,' she declared. 'I can't suddenly turn into a princess.”
― Bonnie Angelo, First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives – A Human Portrait of Presidents and First Ladies from Eleanor Roosevelt to Hillary Clinton