Jeb Bush People Quotations

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

I think people have good ideas on this. Clearly, we need to secure the border. Coming here legally needs to be a lot easier than coming here illegally.

People, based on their emotions, will express support for the sentiment, not necessarily the specifics, because there are none.

I do have the strength. Leadership, leadership is not about attacking people and disparaging people. Leadership is about creating a serious strategy to deal with the threat of our time.

We need to engage with the Arab world.It is not a serious proposal to say that - to the people that you're asking for their support that they can't even come to the country to even engage in a dialogue with us.

There's 6 million people living in poverty today, more than when Barack Obama got elected. 6.5 million people are working part-time, most of whom want to work full-time. We've created rules and taxes on top of every aspiration of people, and the net result is we're not growing fast, income is not growing.

If we`re going get back into hypotheticals, I think it does a disservice to a lot of people that sacrificed a lot.

I think Detroit would do real well if we started repopulating it with young, aspirational people.

Over a period of time, they [undocumented workers] can have a legalized status that allows them to live a life of dignity but not necessarily a path to citizenship, so as to not create incentives for future people that aspire to come to our country to do so illegally when they could come legally.

The American experience works when people embrace a set of shared values, you come, you work hard, you embrace these values and you're as American as anybody that came on the Mayflower.

I will seek out the best advice, and I will create a strategy and I will persuade the American people what the role of America should be. I've laid out a policy of rebuilding our military.

Everybody who aspires to high positions of leadership in their state and in their country should be willing to take unscreened, unrehearsed questions from the people who pay their salary.

It's been painful to see the people that you love be attacked when you know it's not fair or true.

If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society.

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

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.

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

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.

I admire John Boehner greatly. He's a great public servant. I think people are going to miss him in the long run because he's a person that is focused on solving problems.

Former Secretary (Hillary) Clinton has dedicated her life to serving and engaging people across the world in democracy. These efforts as a citizen, an activist, and a leader have earned Secretary Clinton this year's Liberty Medal.

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?'

I think Putin has changed, for sure. He has changed over time and he has been emboldened by, whether it's true or not, the perception is that we've pulled back, so people do change and this is an example of that.

I don't believe you outsource your convictions and principles to people.

People with deep faith and big hearts are concerned, as I am about the circumstance that Ms. Schiavo is in. I want them to know I will do what I can, but there are limits to what any particular person - irrespective of the title they currently hold - can do.

Sometimes when people say things, we should actually believe what they say.

There's a direct link between percentage of young people that are educated and how we live our lives.

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. It's not - it's our responsibility to pick and choose who comes in.

Is Islam a religion of peace? I'm sure for some of the practitioners, but it's been hijacked by people who have an ideology that wants to destroy western civilization, and they're barbarians.

What we need is new leadership that takes conservative principles and applies them so that people can rise up.

Governors have to balance budgets. And they have to make decisions. And they have to do things that sometimes aren't popular. And they also have to bring people together to try to solve problems.

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.

I think they insult those people by telling them, 'No, no, you're not smart enough to understand this. You should be feeling really horrible about this.' It's ridiculous,

I loved being governor. It was a blast. Eight years was enough. But it was certainly one of the greatest thrills in my life to be able to serve the people of Florida. I miss that from time to time.

I can't emphasize enough to the people in the Keys that a hurricane is coming,

I got a sense that perhaps he was disappointed in the numbers of people that didn't evacuate,

I get tired of hearing people, well-meaning people, talking about African-American kids or Hispanic kids as if they're all the same. Which isn't true. There is a very diverse group of people in both groups in terms of income, objectives in life, aspirations, cultural wants, habits, all the things that make us unique Americans.

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.

There are cultural reasons, economic competitiveness reasons. There are a lot of reasons why people are in poverty. The difference today is that increasingly they are in perpetual poverty.

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.

As Rita moves into the Gulf of Mexico, we are looking to ... make sure that people can get back into their homes as quickly as possible in the Keys.

We expect to have more beach erosion, unfortunately, lots of rain, potential flooding. This is a serious storm, and we urge people to heed the advice of local officials when they make their announcements about evacuations ... if necessary.

We want to demystify the FCAT so that critics of accountability and assessment can't try to scare people or confuse people,

The hurricane is coming and a hurricane is a hurricane. It has deadly-force winds and while there have been evacuations over the last 14 months and there's not been a hit, perhaps people are saying 'I'm going to hunker down.' They shouldn't do that.

The hurricane is coming and a hurricane is a hurricane, ... It has deadly-force winds and while there have been evacuations over the last 14 months and there's not been a hit, perhaps people are saying 'I'm going to hunker down.' They shouldn't do that.

Without power at the gas stations, people are going to have to wait, ... Patience is kind of the word of the day.

People are getting fed. Soon more and more houses will have their electricity, ... Their life will get back to normal.

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

Whether or not this hurricane hits shore in Florida, we're going to have storm surges in the coastal areas. We're going to have high winds, hurricane force winds in some cases. People should not be complacent about this.

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

The intent here is to make sure that all special-needs people and frail Floridians are taken care of, first and foremost,

The emergency operations folks are doing their job, and they do it well here, irrespective of what people write, ... I've got total confidence in that at the end of this, our reputations will be intact. ... We've worked our asses off.

We, in all likelihood, are going to have significant shortages of gasoline, ... I would urge people to recognize this - not to hoard, not to top off every tank that they have. We have a plan in place to bring supplies back to our state.

I know the president has deep concerns about what has happened, ... And the fact that I'm his brother, symbolically, may give some people a sense that the president really does care, as he does.

Our military will be fighting the oppressors of Iraq, not the people of Iraq.

Right now the projection is it will land somewhere in the Tampa Bay area. And so we've got 24 hours to get our citizens prepared. Where the hurricane lands is relevant, of course, but it's going to affect millions of people regardless of where it lands.

Perhaps people are saying, 'I'm going to hunker down,'

People had ample time to prepare. It isn't that hard to get 72 hours worth of food and water,

All up and down the coastline people are now preparing for what is anticipated to be another significant storm,

A month from now, we'll be worried about the affordability of housing for people who lost their homes, ... We'll be worried about the agricultural communities in our state that have been devastated.

I'm curious to know how people can be critical of something that measures what our expectations are to standards,

I hope that the measures we have put in place -- financial measures plus security measures -- will convince the American people to get on airplanes and come down to Florida,

People should not take anything for granted. You have to assume the worst.

People should be preparing for this, ... I'm sure they're not taking it nonchalantly.

I used to be a conservative, and I watch these debates and I’m wondering, I don’t think I’ve changed, but it’s a little troubling sometimes when people are appealing to people’s fears and emotion rather than trying to get them to look over the horizon for a broader perspective, and that’s kind of where we are.

My belief is that most people are conservative. They just haven't been asked yet.

I just think people, when they get elected, they ought to serve. They ought to do their jobs.

Donald Trump is succeeding right now for sure. He is a gifted politician. But, he is just a gifted politician. He`s just a gifted politician that is appealing to people`s anger and frustration that is quite legitimate.

I really call this a win for the people of Florida,

If you set a tone that you don't want people to be part of your team, they don't join.

We are staging across -- some outside the state and some inside the state -- a massive response for this storm, and we're going to need it, ... There's going to be a lot of work necessary to make sure that the response is massive and immediate to help people once this storm comes.

Particularly in the northern parts of the state, people need to wait and be patient ... until they receive instructions that it's okay to go back home, ... That may take place early in the evening (on Wednesday) or maybe (on Thursday).

It is important for people to conserve and not take more than what you need to get through your daily life,

The truth is useless. You have to understand this right now. You can't deposit the truth in a bank. You can't buy groceries with the truth. You can't pay rent with the truth. The truth is a useless commodity that will hang around your neck like an albatross all the way to the homeless shelter. And if you think that the million or so people in this country that are really interested in the truth about their government can support people who would tell them the truth, you got another thing coming. Because the million or so people in this country that are truly interested in the truth don't have any money.

I ...do not feel threatened and don't want people around me to be concerned about this,

I believe Haitians should be treated like all other people who come to our shores,

I am my own man. I governed as a conservative, and I govern effectively. And the net effect was, during my eight years, 1.3 million jobs were created. We left the state better off because I applied conservative principles in a purple state the right way, and people rose up.

Many lives have been affected by this hurricane, and I know you join me in sending our payers to those people looking for solace and help.

Treating people fairly and with civility is not a bad thing... It would be good for our country if political leaders actually took that to heart.

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

The question becomes how do you keep some minimal level of emergency service open for the first responders, for the people that have to go out in the middle of the storm and maybe provide relief?