ANN ROMNEY

Multiple Sclerosis is obviously close to my heart and I'm determined to make a difference in the lives of people who suffer from the disease by raising the profile of MS, as well as raising funds for advocacy and research.

We need to respect choices that women make.

I love the fact that there are also women out there that don't have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids. Thank goodness that we value those people too.

You know how exasperated you can be when you're the mother of five young boys.

I'm not sure if men really understand this, but I don't think there's a woman in America who really expects her life to be easy. In our own ways, we all know better!

Everyone in life has their challenges, mine have not been financial.

Riding exhilarated me; it gave me a joy and a purpose.

We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's burdens, lighten each other's load.

I can tell you and promise you that I've had struggles in my life. And I would love to have people understand that Mitt and I have compassion for people that are struggling.

I know what it's like to struggle and to have those concerns that all mothers have.

As his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it.

The thing that's nice about pregnancy is that in the end, you have a baby.

It may look perfect, but that's one thing I have learned about life is that it isn't always what it looks.

Having been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998, and I am continually amazed by the level of support I receive from individuals across the country.

If I were a 40-year-old woman, 40-to-50, I'd want to be getting my mammograms. They catch cancers, and cancer is very curable if you catch it early.

I think we recognize as Americans there are certain things that are just primary to the freedoms and liberties that we enjoy here and religious freedom is one of the most important things we as Americans cherish.

My faith experience, well, as you can imagine, you need a lot of faith to raise five boys.

I know for certain people I'm championing a struggle that they're going through.

My career choice was to be a mother.

It's been quite an experience, being conservative and living in the North East.

We can be poor in spirit, and I don't even consider myself wealthy, which is an interesting thing, it can be here today and gone tomorrow.

How I measure riches is by the friends I have and the loved ones I have and the people that I care about in my life, and that's where my values are and that's where my riches are.

When I was so fatigued that I couldn't move, the excitement of going to the barn and getting my foot in the stirrup would make me crawl out of bed.

There is huge merit in both Eastern and Western medicine, and I've taken a little bit from both.

And we've given all you people need to know and understand about our financial situation and about how we live our life. And so, the election, again, will not be decided on that. It will be decided on who is gonna turn the economy around and how are jobs gonna come back to America.