14 Quotes by Kate Andersen Brower

If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do well matters very much – Jackie Kennedy.

That’s why you’re married, you do things for the other person when you sense that they need you, even if you don’t know why they need you.

Hillary wanted to have more influence than Nancy Reagan or Eleanor Roosevelt; she wanted a seat at the table, and her husband was eager to give it to her.

The Clintons spent roughly $400,000 redecorating the White House, all financed by private donations. But the effort raised some eyebrows, both within and outside the mansion.

Mrs. Clinton, there’s a white man downstairs in a wheelchair in the Yellow Oval Room asking me for some Ronald Reagan souvenirs. He said he’s a Republican, not a Democrat.” The new First Lady laughed. “Yeah, I know, George, that’s my dad.

Yet the very thing that the staff most pride themselves on – their ability to fade into the background – can also be dehumanizing.

Without the strength, support, and sheer star power of their wives, these men could not have reached the pinnacle of American politics.

Chief Electrician Bill Cliber, who worked on nine transitions, said that the Clintons’ arrival was by far the most difficult.

On the tenth anniversary of her founding of the Betty Ford Center, President Ford said, “When the final tally is taken, her contributions to our country will be bigger than mine.” And that was just fine with him.