Jeb Bush Quotes
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Treating people fairly and with civility is not a bad thing... It would be good for our country if political leaders actually took that to heart.
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In Washington, particularly, the loyal opposition has a job to be the opposition. But you can't stop there.
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If we don't empower families to be able to have a quality education, then their children - for the first time in American history, truly the first time - will not have the same economic opportunities.
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I don't know if I'm a national education figure.
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I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.
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I would say national security is work in progress.
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We had rising student achievement across the board because high standards, robust accountability, ending social promotion in third grade, real school choice across the board, challenging the teachers union and beating them is the way to go.
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My wife and I are living large in our beloved Miami and I'm working on the things that are important to me.
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I'm happy to be helping people that are passionate about empowering parents for student learning.
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You have to maintain your principles but have a broader appeal.
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I loved being governor. It was a blast. Eight years was enough. But it was certainly one of the greatest thrills in my life to be able to serve the people of Florida. I miss that from time to time.
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Florida has its own rhythm, too. People go to work, they watch their children learn and grow and start families of their own. They play in the sun and pass their lives enjoying the outsized blessings that make our state unique.
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Leaders lead. They don't divide; they don't create a climate that is poisonous.
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If you set a tone that you don't want people to be part of your team, they don't join.
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The dual effect of high growth creating higher income that's taxed by government at all levels, combined with lessening demands placed on government that occurs during economic prosperity, is a worthy objective.
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I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party.
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I think the voters can make up their own minds.
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I really think that elected officials should be focused on how you create sustained economic growth, how do you create jobs and all of these issues that made people - segments of our society believe are really important are diversions politically.
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I've never heard anybody in my family say anything but good things about Rick Perry.
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How pathetic for @realdonaldtrump to criticize the president for 9/11. We were attacked & my brother kept us safe.
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Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers' unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.
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If you believe, like I do, that the world is abundant with possibilities, then we need to make sure we build capacity so that everybody is successful or can be successful in the pursuit of their dreams - not the dreams of someone from government, but their own dreams.
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Right now people seem to be very tentative about the positive benefits of capitalism.
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There are cultural reasons, economic competitiveness reasons. There are a lot of reasons why people are in poverty. The difference today is that increasingly they are in perpetual poverty.