Jeb Bush Quotes

I know I'm going to have to get beyond being George H.W. Bush's son and Barbara's son -- for which I'm really proud. And I'm going to get beyond being George W.'s brother for which I am extraordinarily proud as well, there's a lot of interest in finding the ways that we are different and all this. Well, the simple fact is that we're all on our own life's journey -- my brothers and sister are different than me.

I'm energetic and passionate about the needs - the things we need to fix. I don't feel old, I don't feel like yesterday's news.

[ Marco Rubio] overly ambitious, too young, and I have better hair than he does.

I think we need to lift our spirits and have high, lofty expectations for this great country of ours.The new normal of two percent [growth] that the left is saying you can't do anything about is so dangerous for our country.

I'm an introvert. Introverts have a huge advantage over extroverts. We can create a mission and we can act on it.

It comes down to a choice between the Little Sisters and Big Brother, and I'm going with the Sisters.

We can grow economically and restore America's leadership in the world, so that everybody has a chance to rise up.

I don't know if I'm a national education figure.

I haven't been in Washington over the last - ever. I'm not part of Washington. I got to serve as governor of a state, a purple state and I was the most successful conservative governor probably, during the time that I was there.

I'm pro-life. The law protects women's right to chose, and I think there's a competing right, which is the rights of the unborn. And as you get closer to term, I think the rights of the unborn become more and more prevalent.

We must create a [economic] crisis in order to ensure that there is no alternative to a smaller government.

To bring about a genuine political realignment, Republicans must kill the Government Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs - the very Goose they have fought so hard and long to possess.

A lot of things in history change over time.

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 a result, then that should be our mission.

You [Donald Trump] wanted it [casino in Florida] and you didn`t get it. I was opposed to casino gambling before, during and after. And that`s not - I`m not going to be bought by anyone.

I love my brother, I love my dad, actually love my mother as well, hope that's ok. And I admire their service to the nation and the difficult decisions they had to make.

Every weapon system has been gutted.

The good news is, we have a huge opportunity here because the President`s [Barack Obama] policies have failed.

Our children can achieve great things when we set high expectations for them.

I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party.

Donald [Trump], is great at - at the one-liners, but he's a chaos candidate.

This is a tough business to run for president.

I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues.

There's a direct link between percentage of young people that are educated and how we live our lives.

The notion that somehow you're going to have freedom just kind of outbreak in Cuba, I think is false.

We need a serious leader to deal with this. And I believe I'm that guy.

I used to be a conservative.

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?

If someone wants to run a campaign about '90s nostalgia, it's not going to be very successful.

Stand your ground means stand your ground. It doesn't mean chase after somebody who's turned their back.

I think people have good ideas on this. Clearly, we need to secure the border. Coming here legally needs to be a lot easier than coming here illegally.

I admire John Boehner greatly. He's a great public servant. I think people are going to miss him in the long run because he's a person that is focused on solving problems.

Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.

Any time an elected official in the world we're in today that appears so dysfunctional challenges a core constituency not of their opponent but of their own political base, I think we should pause and give them credit.

I would not have gone into Iraq.

I`m the tortoise in the race, but I`m a joyful tortoise.

We need to have capabilities second to none. We need to create a situation where Chinies know that there will be adverse impacts if they continue to do what they're doing.

I don't know about you, but I'm betting that when it comes to doing the right and good thing, the Little Sisters of the Poor know better than the regulators at the Department of Health and Human Services.

You have to maintain your principles but have a broader appeal.

I believe that I have the executive experience and the ideas and the proven record to fix things.

Apparently there are some Democratic leaders in the Senate that are running for office who now believe in tax cuts.

A third of our kids, after we spend more per student than any country in the world other than a couple rounding errors, 30 percent are college- and/or career-ready.

The idea that somehow we're better off today than the day that Barack Obama was inaugurated president of the United States is totally an alternative universe. The simple fact is that the world has been torn asunder.

I don't think it's the highest priority. I don't think we should ignore it, either, just generally I think as conservatives we should embrace innovation, embrace technology, embrace science. ... Sometimes I sense that we pull back from the embrace of these things. We shouldn't.

I'm working hard to be president of the United States.I'm running to change things, and I'm not going to be part of the political class in Washington, D.C. I have the skills to disrupt the old order and bring about a new culture.

Work needs to be the single biggest requirements. No more waivers as this administration has done. There should be real work eligibility.

Well, I think lower taxes and less regulation would actually promote growth.

My belief is that most people are conservative. They just haven't been asked yet.