Quotes from Jeb Bush

I think I can fix the problems in Washington that people desperately want to see fixed.

I miss being governor.

I don't miss politics.

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?'

My record as a pro-life governor is not in dispute. I am completely pro-life, and I believe that we should have a culture of life. It's informed by my faith from beginning to end. And this not just as it related to unborn babies - I did it at the end of life issues as well. This is something that goes way beyond politics.

If you could bring to me a majority of people to say that we're going to have $10 of spending cuts for $1 of revenue enhancement, put me in, coach.

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

My wife is not a public person. She is uncomfortable with the limelight, which is why I love her. I don't want a political wife - I want someone who, when I get home, I can have a normal life with.

The Common Core State Standards are more rigorous standards than the great majority of states had in place previously.

We had rising student achievement across the board because high standards, robust accountability, ending social promotion in third grade, real school choice across the board, challenging the teachers union and beating them is the way to go.

We need to end the government monopoly in education by transferring power from bureaucracies and unions to families. The era of defining public education as allegiance to centralized school districts must end.

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.

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

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

I would say national security is work in progress.

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

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.

In Washington, particularly, the loyal opposition has a job to be the opposition. But you can't stop there.

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.

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

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

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?

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

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.'