Edith Wilson

“The 'stewardship' was mine, and I was not then and am not now dealing in personalities or letting my personal likes or dislikes rule my judgement.”

“I, myself, never made a single decision regarding the disposition of public affairs. The only decision that was mine was what was important and what was not, and when to present matters to my husband.”

“So began my stewardship. I studied every paper, sent from the different Secretaries or Senators, and tried to digest and present in tabloid form the things that, despite my vigilance, had to go to the President.”

“Remember that God is ordering our lives, and that His ordering is good.”

“I am not thinking of the President's personal convenience or comfort, but of the good of the country.”

“When one has been on the mountain-top, the plains seem very dull.”

“The only thing I ever said was that I would look out for the President's health and see that he was not bothered.”

“To Woodrow I was more than a wife, I was a comrade.”

“It is all so different from what you and I had planned. But we must have faith and courage.”

“My husband's doctors said that to relieve him of the strain of the affairs of the office would be the worst thing possible.”

“I don't think a woman is a whole woman without a child. It's a great lack in a woman's life.”