Quotes by 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.”

“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.”

“playing to fear, pitting neighbor against neighbor and blaming others for their own failures to provide for their people.”

“The state is going to get hit, ... Were going to have a significant amount of rain and lots of wind. This is serious. This is a very dangerous storm.”

“This is not the time to be defiant or to kind of let people know that youre a macho man. There are other ways to do that in life,”

“This is a Category 5 storm. Trust me, it is a powerful, powerful force of nature that you shouldnt be messing with.”

“I asked ”

“I think we should consider some relief for people, ... We did last year, and I think it ought to be on the table again this year.”

“I recognize the difficult decisions the Commissioners have had to make and I am thankful for their integrity and skill.”

“There is deep concern about this storm causing more flooding in New Orleans,”

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.

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

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?

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

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

I dont wake up each morning saying, Oh, wow, its me. I think Im the cats meow. Im the best.

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

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.

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

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 thats 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.