Jeb bush quotes

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.

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 need to increase our military spending. We need to deal with a no- fly zone in Syria, a safe zone.

We mustn't assume that we are going to deinvent government solely from inside the Beltway or within one or two sessions of Congress. We will do it one step at a time, in one community at a time - at the local level and through local institutions like churches, nonprofit and volunteer organizations and families.

America does not have the luxury of withdrawing from the world, our security, and our prosperity, and our values demand that we remain engaged and involved in -- often distant places.

I just think people, when they get elected, they ought to serve. They ought to do their jobs.

Governors have to balance budgets. And they have to make decisions. And they have to do things that sometimes aren't popular. And they also have to bring people together to try to solve problems.

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.

You find me a Democrat that's for cutting spending $10 and I'll give them a warm kiss.

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.

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.

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

Everybody who aspires to high positions of leadership in their state and in their country should be willing to take unscreened, unrehearsed questions from the people who pay their salary.

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

I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.

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.

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

Serious times require strong leadership.

I don't think the science is clear of what percentage is man-made and what percentage is natural. It's convoluted, for the people to say the science is decided on this is really arrogant, to be honest with you.

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

If we want to destroy ISIS,if we expect to do this on our own, we will fail but if we do it in unison with people who are also are at risk and threatened by Islamic Radical terrorism, we'll be far more successful.

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

They [terrorists] have declared war on us and we need to have a serious strategy to destroy ISIS.

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.

We now have a lack of readiness that is quite scary. We have planes that were - that Harry Truman inaugurated, the B-52. We have - the Navy has been gutted and decimated. The readiness of the Marines is way down.

I would let the military commanders give the commander in chief options rather than tell them what you want to hear. Not having gotten those options, I can't tell you if we are going to have boots on the ground but certainly, a more expanded role for the special operators would be essential. And being more effective in strikes as it is relates to the air.

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'm a skeptic. I'm not a scientist. I think the science has been politicized.

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

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

If we want to destroy radical Islamic terrors, we can't disassociate ourselves from peace loving Muslims.

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

I have a blessed life in so many ways.

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

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

If I'm president, I'll be a commander-in-chief, not an agitator- in-chief or a divider-in-chief, that I will lead this country in a way that will create greater security and greater safety.

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.

Everything's viewed with a political lens in Washington, and that's just the nature of the beast, and it is what it is.

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 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.

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

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.

America still is an exceptional country. We love to lead and we love to win. And we do it, when we take on any challenge and when we take - we support our friends.

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

I think this transition to a candidacy will allow me to be more direct about my advocacy of the leadership skills necessary for the next president to fix a few things, and as a candidate, contrary to someone who has been listening and learning along the way, I'll offer up alternatives to the path we're on as well, so I'll be more specific on policy.

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.

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

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

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

I don't think there's any Bush baggage at all.

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 used to be a conservative and I watch these debates and I'm wondering, I don't think I've changed, but it's a little troubling sometimes when people are appealing to people's fears and emotion rather than trying to get them to look over the horizon for a broader perspective and that's kind of where we are.

Life teaches you that you need to make decisions in the right time - not too early, not too late.

There's got to be a point where we fix the system so that legal immigration is easier than illegal immigration and show respect for people, a kid who might have been here for 10 years, that might be a valedictorian of their high school to say, no, no, no you're not allowed to go to college. I just think there's a point past which we are over the line.

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 believe that the great majority of people coming here illegally have no other option. They want to provide for their family. But we need to control our border. It's not - it's our responsibility to pick and choose who comes in.

The progressive and liberal mindset believes that to every problem there is a Washington, D.C., solution.

There should be full engagement to protect our country from a grave threat, which is the weakest foreign policy since Jimmy Carter.

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

Immigrants are more fertile, and they love families, and they have more intact families, and they bring a younger population. Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity.

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.

If we're going to ban all Muslims, how are we going to get them to be part of a coalition to destroy ISIS?

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 miss being governor.

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

When businesses go through hard times, through down markets, what do they do is they challenge every basic assumption of how they operate. They innovate. They create disruption for a while that leads them to even greater heights when the economy turns around.

Donald Trump would be a chaos president. He would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe.

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.

I think (fantasy football) has become something that needs to be looked at in terms of regulation. Effectively, it's day trading without any regulation at all. When you have insider information, which has apparently been the case, when you have people who use that information, use big data to try and take advantage of it, there has to be some regulation. If they can't regulate themselves, then the NFL needs to look at moving away from them a little bit, and there should be some regulation.

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

Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.

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.

This is a tough business to run for president.

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.

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

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.

Developing a strategy, leading the world, funding it to make sure that we have a military that's second to none, and doing the job and making sure that we destroy ISIS there. That's how you keep America safe.

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.

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

It's not possible in a free country to completely control the border without us losing our freedoms and liberties.

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'?

If you apply conservative principles and you stick with it, and you have the leadership skills to bring people toward the cause, you can move the needle on these things, i reject the notion that we can't solve problems, that the gridlock is too enormous to forge consensus. It requires some creativity to get to a win for everybody.

They [illegal immigrants] broke the law, but it's not a felony, it's an act of love. It's an act of commitment to your family.

I do have the strength. Leadership, leadership is not about attacking people and disparaging people. Leadership is about creating a serious strategy to deal with the threat of our time.

Our freedom is under attack. Our economy is under water. The leading democrat is under investigation. And America is under the gun to lead the free world to protect our civilized way of life.

I think Putin has changed, for sure. He has changed over time and he has been emboldened by, whether it's true or not, the perception is that we've pulled back, so people do change and this is an example of that.

There is no question we need higher academic standards and at the local level the rigor of the Common Core state standards must be the new minimum in classrooms.

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

Don't just talk about Hispanics and say immediately we must have controlled borders. It's kind of insulting when you think about it. Change the tone would be the first thing. Second, on immigration, I think we need to have a broader approach.

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.

I think Detroit would do real well if we started repopulating it with young, aspirational people.

There are important questions about protecting and securing the border, but we don't need to build a wall.

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

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.

You have to remember that in a state like Florida, independent voters will decide the election.

Government is basically a parasite, and if the host doesn't grow, then government suffers.

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

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

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 used to be a conservative.

Donald Trump is succeeding right now for sure. He is a gifted politician. But, he is just a gifted politician. He`s just a gifted politician that is appealing to people`s anger and frustration that is quite legitimate.

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

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

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 can love the Mexican culture, you can love your Mexican-American wife and also believe that we need to control the border.

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.

It's been painful to see the people that you love be attacked when you know it's not fair or true.

Donald [Trump], you're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. That's not going to happen.

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

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

If we are going to compete in this world we're in today, there is no possible way we can do it with lowering expectations and dumbing down everything. Children are going to suffer and families' hearts are going to be broken that their kids won't be able to get a job in the 21st Century.

Is Islam a religion of peace? I'm sure for some of the practitioners, but it's been hijacked by people who have an ideology that wants to destroy western civilization, and they're barbarians.

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

What we need is new leadership that takes conservative principles and applies them so that people can rise up.

Why would our president close the embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare.

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

By blaming others, we fail to find the real solutions to our problems and we do not carry out our own responsibilities.

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.

The role of the federal government, if any, is to create more school choice.

To me, Jeb Bush is hitting his stride. He was the most composed, the most endpoint, the most in control, I've seen him in an interview yet. And it's not because I wasn't asking him tough questions

Former Secretary (Hillary) Clinton has dedicated her life to serving and engaging people across the world in democracy. These efforts as a citizen, an activist, and a leader have earned Secretary Clinton this year's Liberty Medal.

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.