Quotes by Jeb Bush

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John Ellis is an American businessman and politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007.
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I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

Jeb Bush

Public education must be viewed from the lens of providing each child with the learning environment that best meets his or her needs. If we can send a low-income child to a parochial school, knowing that his odds of attending college will increase as...

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I envision presenting parents with a marketplace of school choices - public, private, parochial, charter, virtual, blended, and home education. They then can choose the model that best equips their children for success.

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Immigration is as much about the American experience and the values we share, and a lot more about economics than it is about politics.

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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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I've never heard anybody in my family say anything but good things about Rick Perry.

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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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It's really important to recognize that family life in America has changed pretty dramatically.

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Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the beauty of the stars?

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I had the chance to be governor for eight years and I took a year to transition out and a year to transition in, so that's a decade of my life where I pursued my own ambitions and I thought it was time to rearrange my life to focus on other things.

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Clearly if the United States' relationship with Cuba changed, which would require a regime change inside Cuba, if Cuba moved towards a more democratic approach to governance rather than this despotic rule of tyranny, if they moved towards the systems...

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But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives.

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In a divided government, you can't just say, 'It's my way or the highway.'

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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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My wife is not a public person. She is uncomfortable with the limelight, which is why I love her. I don't want a political wife - I want someone who, when I get home, I can have a normal life with.

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We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis.

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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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My guess is my brother would call his mom and his dad pretty regularly, a lot more than I probably did.

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I think it was hard at first for my dad to transition to being immobile.

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It's hard to be a son of a candidate. It's hard to be a brother of a candidate. I think it may be the hardest thing to be the dad of the candidate.

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Author Bio

  • NameJeb Bush
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, former Governor of Florida
  • AliasesJohn Ellis Bush; Bush, Jeb; brother of George W. Bush
  • BornFebruary 11, 1953
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBanker; Politician
  • WorksImmigration Wars: Forging An American Solution