Quotes by Jeb Bush

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

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

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

Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned.

Its important to build trust if youre 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.

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

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, Ill take it. I guess Im part of the establishment Barbara Bush is my mom. Ill take that, too.

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.

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 youre not cutting in front of the line for people that are patiently waiting outside.

Its 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 think my dads post-presidency, he didnt miss a beat. He didnt get into any kind of Woe is me. He dusted himself off and led an incredible life since 1993.

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