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.
– Jeb Bush
Florida has its own rhythm, too. People go to work, they watch their children learn and grow and start families of their own. They play in the sun and pass their lives enjoying the outsized blessings that make our state unique.
– Jeb Bush
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.
– Jeb Bush
For many people, the Escambia Bay Bridge in Pensacola is the enduring image of the hurricanes. The picture of that broken bridge with the haunting shell of Robert Alvarado's 18-wheeler was seen around the world as a symbol of Florida's devastation and despair.
– Jeb Bush
I am disgusted by the lawyers.
– Jeb Bush
I have never wavered from my intention to advance the cause of diversity in new and more effective ways.
– Jeb Bush
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.
– Jeb Bush
If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society.
– Jeb Bush
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.
– Jeb Bush
Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.
– Jeb Bush
This is part of the price we pay, I guess, for living in paradise.
– Jeb Bush
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.
– Jeb Bush
We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis.
– Jeb Bush
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?
– Jeb Bush
Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned.
– Jeb Bush
There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.
– Jeb Bush
Right now people seem to be very tentative about the positive benefits of capitalism.
– Jeb Bush
My guess is my brother would call his mom and his dad pretty regularly, a lot more than I probably did.
– Jeb Bush
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.
– Jeb Bush
I'm happy to be helping people that are passionate about empowering parents for student learning.
– Jeb Bush
I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.
– Jeb Bush
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.
– Jeb Bush
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
I don't miss politics.
– Jeb Bush
I don't know if I'm a national education figure.
– Jeb Bush
As governor, I saw the link between economic prosperity and the ability to acquire knowledge.