PAT NIXON

I should say this, that Pat doesn’t have a mink coat. But she does have a respectable Republican cloth coat, and I always tell her that she would look good in anything. One other thing I probably should tell you, because if I don’t they will probably be saying this about me, too. We did get something, a gift, after the nomination. A man down in Texas heard Pat on the radio mention the fact that our two youngsters would like to have a dog and, believe it or not, the day before we left on this campaign trip we got a message from Union Station in Baltimore, saying they had a package for us. We went down to get it. You know what it was? It was a little cocker spaniel dog, in a crate that he had sent all the way from Texas - black and white, spotted, and our little girl Tricia, the six-year-old, named it Checkers. And you know, the kids, like all kids, loved the dog, and I just want to say this, right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we are going to keep it.

It looks like it’s been furnished by discount stores.

Her coming here has meant more than anything else President Nixon could have done.

I will not take orders from Bob Haldeman and the West Wing. Unless I can take orders from you only, I am going to resign.

The hearings are just like a snake about to devour people.

The truth sustains me.

I don't have time to be depressed.

I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone.

I only know what I read in the papers.

[On the ERA Equality March:] It's the funniest thing. I don't feel there's any discrimination. I know my husband feels that way.

I've been blessed with a wonderful husband, two caring daughters and sons-in-law, and four really special grandchildren. They have each enhanced my life.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

I always look forward, not back.

I'm a perfectionist. I won't do a thing without trying to do it well.