Jeb Bush Quotes

The American experience works when people embrace a set of shared values, you come, you work hard, you embrace these values and you're as American as anybody that came on the Mayflower.

It may be the best that Hillary Clinton can do, but it's not the best America can do.

We need to engage with the Arab world.It is not a serious proposal to say that - to the people that you're asking for their support that they can't even come to the country to even engage in a dialogue with us.

We need to unleash the military in unison with our partners in Europe and the Middle East to be effective.

I'm not a performer. If they're looking for entertainer-in-chief, I'm probably not the guy.

What we have in Washington is total gridlock.

I'd be wary of simple solutions to complex problems.

I think to deal with Putin, you need to deal from strength. He's a bully, you enable bad behavior when you're nuanced with a guy like that.

Candidates are making lasting impressions on voters, not just primary voters, in how they campaign.

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.'

I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism.

I've had a life experience that's full of warts, full of successes.

We need to focus on building a military that is second-to-none ... so that we can destroy Islamic terrorism.

There's 6 million people living in poverty today, more than when Barack Obama got elected. 6.5 million people are working part-time, most of whom want to work full-time. We've created rules and taxes on top of every aspiration of people, and the net result is we're not growing fast, income is not growing.

We're sticky at the ends and the middle is getting squeezed

It is a serious undertaking and yes, we do need more fencing and we do need to use technology, and we do need more border control. And we need to have better cooperation by the way with local law enforcement. There are 800,000 cops on the beat, they ought to be trained to be the eyes and ears for law enforcement for the threat against terror as well as for immigration.

I'm not an expert on the ways of Washington [but] it makes no sense to me that we're not funding control of our border.

I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.

I know some in the media think conservatives don't care about the cities, but they're wrong. We believe that every American in every community has the right to pursue happiness.

I'm a grinder....I've never taken more than a week off in my adult life. I truly believe work is a virtue, it gives you purpose.

Marco [Rubio] is a gifted politician. He is incredibly gifted. And he needs to be able to do his job. He's going to be a great candidate [for presidency], for sure. But I think - he's a United States senator. He ought to show up.

I kind of miss Donald Trump. He was a little teddy bear to me.

Immigration is a gateway basically. It's a check-off point for Latino voters.

I try to have my voice be heard, but not on a regular basis on TV.

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.

If we're serious about America's leadership in the world, then we need to make sure that we have the back of the armed forces.

As a candidate, I intend to let everyone hear my message, including the many who can express their love of country in a different language.

The focus ought to be on the single fact that Hillary Clinton wants to double down on a failed foreign policy and we need to be united to defeat that because we're going to be in a place that is far less secure than it is today.

I focus most of my attention on Hillary Clinton and her disastrous policies. I mean, there's a real danger in this election. Electing Hillary Clinton in an era where we now are so pessimistic about the future, would double down on [Barack] Obama economics and a failed foreign policy - so most of my attention is about my record and about defeating Hillary Clinton.

I think Republicans really need to be disciplined, to stay focused on sustained economic growth.

Women who bring up children by themselves do it heroically, they do it against all odds, men who don't feel responsible for being part of their child's life create real strains on that family.

The Russians and rogue actors, including ISIS - this is a serious part of the 21st century security challenge that we face.

Donald Trump he wanted casino gambling in Florida. Yes, you did.

The next Republican that will win will campaign in the Latino community, will campaign amongst Asian-Americans, will campaign in the black churches, will campaign in college campuses.

If you could bring to me a majority of people to say that we're going to have $10 of spending cuts for $1 of revenue enhancement - put me in, Coach.

There are people who believe in expanding the welfare state across the spectrum of races and ethnicities and creeds.

A strategy would be how do we mobilize support for the remnants of the Syrian Free Army, and it might require combat troops to inspire an international effort.

The real problem is Barack Obama has had six years to advocate a position to fix this and he's done nothing. The congress has funded these programs of building more fencing and doing all this and he hasn't done it.

As governor, I saw the link between economic prosperity and the ability to acquire knowledge.

I kind of know what my job is, it's to develop a message that's hopeful and optimistic about the future of the country, to develop ideas that will give people a sense that they can lift up, and to tell them about my leadership skills to make it so.

I'm for higher standards measured in an intellectually honest way, with abundant school choice, ending social promotion. And I know how to do this because as governor of the state of Florida I created the first statewide voucher program in the country, the second statewide voucher program, in the country and the third statewide voucher program in the country.

They called me Veto Corleone. Because I vetoed 2,500 separate line-items in the budget.

This is something - we have to have the best defensive capabilities. We need to coordinate all of our efforts with the private sector. We need to give them liability relief so that we can do that.

Obama doesn't believe in American leadership and the net result is we have a caliphate the size of Indiana.

So, I think it's important for us to be careful about the language we use, which is why I've been critical of Donald Trump. Disparaging women, disparaging hispanics, that's not a sign of strength. Making fun of disabled people... We're never going to win elections if we don't have a more broader unifying message.

Two months ago Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight. Just two months ago he said that Hillary Clinton would be a great negotiator with Iran. And he gets his foreign policy experience from the shows.

I think the lesson's learned are that we have to have to have a strategy to get and a strategy to get out. Which means, that you create a stable situation.

Leaders lead. They don't divide; they don't create a climate that is poisonous.