Quote by Ann Richards (1933-2006)

• I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.

• I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

• The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.

• Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.

• I'm really glad that our young people missed the Depression, and missed the great big war. But I do regret that they missed the leaders that I knew. Leaders who told us when things were tough, and that we would have to sacrifice, and these difficulties might last awhile. They didn't tell us things were hard for us because we were different, or isolated, or special interests. They brought us together and they gave us a sense of national purpose.

• I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.