Quotes By Jeb Bush

Right now people seem to be very tentative about the positive benefits of capitalism.

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

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.

If you have to deal with our friends at ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it's like a Kafka novel. Files just disappear.

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.'

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

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

People are moping around and I think campaigns can be about lifting the spirits of the American people.

We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important questions, and we welcome community and faith based organizations as partners to serve the needs of Florida families.

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

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?

I have never wavered from my intention to advance the cause of diversity in new and more effective ways.

I'm fairly accessible.

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

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

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

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

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.

We must return conservatives to the majority in the U.S. Senate.

People with deep faith and big hearts are concerned, as I am about the circumstance that Ms. Schiavo is in. I want them to know I will do what I can, but there are limits to what any particular person - irrespective of the title they currently hold - can do.

I don't believe you outsource your convictions and principles to people.

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.

I reject the notion that a high turnout helps Senator Kerry. I think in Florida at least, it's going to help President Bush because we have gotten more registered voters than the Democrats, and our base is just fired up - thanks to your help and a lot of others.

Florida is a place of unparalleled diversity of backgrounds, experiences and vision. It makes our culture unique, but it can also make it difficult to define a common identity and create a sense of community that reaches beyond our neighborhoods to all corners of our state.

I've always believed that if you support reform or you support a particular idea that you ought to fund that idea first and not the system.

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned.

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.

We have a wealth of talent in the Republican Party.

Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.