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Ann Romney

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Not every great thinker makes it into the history books, but Ann Romney's words speak for themselves. The range of their thinking — from Marriage to Experience — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Browse 17 quotes by Ann Romney that cover ground from Marriage, Experience, Women, Trust, and Success. One quote that captures their voice: "As his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it."

“I am the granddaughter of a Welsh coal miner who was determined that his kids get out of the mines. My dad got his first job when he was six years old, in a little village in Wales called Nantyffyllon, cleaning bottles at the Colliers Arms.”

— Ann Romney

Dad

All Quotes by Ann Romney

“It's the moms of this nation - single, married, widowed - who really hold this country together. We're the mothers, we're the wives, we're the grandmothers, we're the big sisters, we're the little sisters, we're the daughters. You know it's true, don't you? You're the ones who always have to do a little more.”

— Ann Romney

Mom

“In marriage, it's always that give and take and rebalancing that we have to do in how we can help each other. But, I have been known at times by my sons, that is the name that they call me-the Mitt stabilizer.”

— Ann Romney

Marriage

“I said tonight I wanted to talk to you about love. Look into your hearts. This is our country. This is our future. These are our children and grandchildren. You can trust Mitt.”

— Ann Romney

Future

“I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work.”

— Ann Romney

Home

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

— Ann Romney

Amazing

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

— Ann Romney

Experience

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

— Ann Romney

Experience

“Well you know, I think a lot of us in marriage know that you play different roles at different times. And Mitt can get very intense, and I can have the ability to kind of talk him off the rails sometimes and say, 'Hey let's look at what is really important and let's do that now.'”

— Ann Romney

Marriage

“That's why I like to get out there, and get people to see the other side of Mitt, and know us in a different reflection when you see the family and how funny he is with the boys and with the grandkids. And you know, just what a super guy he is. That's part of what I am doing, is letting people see the other side of Mitt.”

— Ann Romney

Funny

“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.”

— Ann Romney

Freedom

“I am the granddaughter of a Welsh coal miner who was determined that his kids get out of the mines. My dad got his first job when he was six years old, in a little village in Wales called Nantyffyllon, cleaning bottles at the Colliers Arms.”

— Ann Romney

Dad

“We need to respect choices that women make.”

— Ann Romney

Respect

“I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a 'storybook marriage.' Well, in the storybooks I read, there were never long, long, rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. And those storybooks never seemed to have chapters called MS or breast cancer.”

— Ann Romney

Marriage

“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.”

— Ann Romney

Women