Explore Quotes by Jeb Bush

I'm a conservative - a practicing one. I'm not a talk-about-it one.

If I can help create an environment where the principles that I believe in can be implemented - to me, that's fulfilling.

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

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.

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

It's really important to recognize that family life in America has changed pretty dramatically.

The dual effect of high growth creating higher income that's taxed by government at all levels, combined with lessening demands placed on government that occurs during economic prosperity, is a worthy objective.

If I'm a conservative, I'll generally watch Fox. If someone's liberal, they'll generally watch MSNBC. They'll basically learn a set of facts that are completely distinct from one another. They'll get their views validated.

The fact that the U.S. is superior to all others allows for free commerce to take place.

I get to advocate issues and ideas that I believe in.

Way too many people believe Republicans are anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-worker.

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 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?'

Immigration is as much about the American experience and the values we share, and a lot more about economics than it is about politics.

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

If we don't empower families to be able to have a quality education, then their children - for the first time in American history, truly the first time - will not have the same economic opportunities.

I support high academic standards. Period.

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.

Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity.

I want my voice to have purpose.

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