Jeb Bush Quotes
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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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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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It's a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and then you have all the amateur psychology that goes on when people try to speculate about motivations.
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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 was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.
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I've been so blessed to be part of a family that has dedicated its life to public service.
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I have a proven record, a record of accomplishment, a record of cutting taxes, of shrinking the government, of reforming education, of challenging the status quo, eliminating career civil service protections, shrinking the government workforce by 11 percent, but leading the nation in job growth.
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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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We need to end the government monopoly in education by transferring power from bureaucracies and unions to families. The era of defining public education as allegiance to centralized school districts must end.
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You have to maintain your principles but have a broader appeal.
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I'm happy to be helping people that are passionate about empowering parents for student learning.
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If I can help create an environment where the principles that I believe in can be implemented - to me, that's fulfilling.
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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 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'm getting nervous to be called a centrist. Breaking out in a rash.
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Right now people seem to be very tentative about the positive benefits of capitalism.
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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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I've never heard anybody in my family say anything but good things about Rick Perry.
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I don't know if I'm a national education figure.
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If you had to pick the values that would be held dear to a broad number of Hispanic voters, access to opportunity would be a higher value than guarantee of security, particularly amongst the newly arrived, meaning the last 20 years.
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We should have a path to legal status for the 12 million people that are here illegally. It means, come out from the shadows, pay a fine, earn legal status by working, by paying taxes, learning English. Not committing crimes and earn legal status where you're not cutting in front of the line for people that are patiently waiting outside.
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There's a whole lot of America that looks at each other and says, 'Well, there's 340 million people living in America. Isn't there somebody other than a Bush or a Clinton who can be president in these modern times?'
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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.