Jeb Bush Quotes

If you believe, like I do, that the world is abundant with possibilities, then we need to make sure we build capacity so that everybody is successful or can be successful in the pursuit of their dreams - not the dreams of someone from government, but their own dreams.

~ Jeb Bush

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

~ 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

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

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

~ 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've been so blessed to be part of a family that has dedicated its life to public service.

~ Jeb Bush

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.

~ Jeb Bush

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

~ Jeb Bush

I had the chance to be governor for eight years and I took a year to transition out and a year to transition in, so that's a decade of my life where I pursued my own ambitions and I thought it was time to rearrange my life to focus on other things.

~ Jeb Bush

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

~ 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

Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned.

~ Jeb Bush

It's important to build trust if you're trying to deal with big things. Big issues require everybody to get outside their comfort zone, and people are more willing to do so if they believe that their partner is sincere in their efforts. And the only way you can do that is to engage them on a personal level.

~ 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

Look, I am in the establishment because my dad, the greatest man alive was president of the United States and my brother, who I adore as well as fantastic brother was president. Fine, I'll take it. I guess I'm part of the establishment Barbara Bush is my mom. I'll take that, too.

~ Jeb Bush

There should be a path to earned legal status for those that are here. Not - not amnesty - earned legal status, which means you pay a fine and do many things over an extended period of time.

~ Jeb Bush

We should have a path to legal status for the 12 million people that are here illegally. It means, come out from the shadows, pay a fine, earn legal status by working, by paying taxes, learning English. Not committing crimes and earn legal status where you're not cutting in front of the line for people that are patiently waiting outside.

~ 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 think my dad's post-presidency, he didn't miss a beat. He didn't get into any kind of 'Woe is me.' He dusted himself off and led an incredible life since 1993.

~ Jeb Bush

I think it was hard at first for my dad to transition to being immobile.

~ Jeb Bush