Quotes from Jeb Bush

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.

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

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.

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

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.

We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis.

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 awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis.

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

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

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 wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

My guess is my brother would call his mom and his dad pretty regularly, a lot more than I probably did.

I'm happy to be helping people that are passionate about empowering parents for student learning.

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

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?

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

If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society.

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.

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 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.