110+ Jeb Bush Quotes On Education, Government And Immigration

Jeb Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is the second son of former President George H.W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush, and the younger brother of former President George W. Bush. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Jeb Bush on education, government, leadership.

Top 10 Jeb Bush Quotes

1. By blaming others, we fail to find the real solutions to our problems and we do not carry out our own responsibilities.
2. I`m the tortoise in the race, but I`m a joyful tortoise.
3. 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?
4. If I'm president, I'll be a commander-in-chief, not an agitator- in-chief or a divider-in-chief, that I will lead this country in a way that will create greater security and greater safety.
5. As a candidate, I intend to let everyone hear my message, including the many who can express their love of country in a different language.
6. It's not possible in a free country to completely control the border without us losing our freedoms and liberties.
7. 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.
8. Donald [Trump], you're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. That's not going to happen.
9. We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis.
10. 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.

Jeb Bush Short Quotes

• Our children can achieve great things when we set high expectations for them.
• Leaders lead. They don't divide; they don't create a climate that is poisonous.
• Life teaches you that you need to make decisions in the right time - not too early, not too late.
• We're sticky at the ends and the middle is getting squeezed
• I've had a life experience that's full of warts, full of successes.
• I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues.
• I kind of miss Donald Trump. He was a little teddy bear to me.
• I'd be wary of simple solutions to complex problems.
• They called me Veto Corleone. Because I vetoed 2,500 separate line-items in the budget.
• I don't think there's any Bush baggage at all.

Jeb Bush Quotes About Government

We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important questions, and we welcome community and faith based organizations as partners to serve the needs of Florida families. — Jeb Bush

But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives. — Jeb Bush

To bring about a genuine political realignment, Republicans must kill the Government Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs - the very Goose they have fought so hard and long to possess. — Jeb Bush

Government is basically a parasite, and if the host doesn't grow, then government suffers. — Jeb Bush

I am my own man. I governed as a conservative, and I govern effectively. — Jeb Bush

The role of the federal government, if any, is to create more school choice. — Jeb Bush

I don't believe the federal government should be involved in the creation of standards directly or indirectly, the creation of curriculum or content. It is clearly a state responsibility. — Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush Quotes About Leadership

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. — Jeb Bush

If we're serious about America's leadership in the world, then we need to make sure that we have the back of the armed forces. — Jeb Bush

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

I kind of know what my job is, it's to develop a message that's hopeful and optimistic about the future of the country, to develop ideas that will give people a sense that they can lift up, and to tell them about my leadership skills to make it so. — Jeb Bush

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. — Jeb Bush

The main thing we should be focused on is the strategy to destroy ISIS. And I laid out a plan that the Reagan Library before the tragedy of Paris, and before San Bernardino to do just that. It requires leadership, it's not filing an amendment and call it a success. — Jeb Bush

Serious times require strong leadership. — Jeb Bush

I agree with Marco [Rubio] that we can't afford another four years like the last eight years that we've had under [Barack] Obama, for sure. That we concur on. I think we need someone with proven executive leadership to be able to make that case to the American people. — Jeb Bush

We can grow economically and restore America's leadership in the world, so that everybody has a chance to rise up. — Jeb Bush

Obama doesn't believe in American leadership and the net result is we have a caliphate the size of Indiana. — Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush Quotes About Immigration

Immigrants are more fertile, and they love families, and they have more intact families, and they bring a younger population. Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity. — Jeb Bush

They [illegal immigrants] broke the law, but it's not a felony, it's an act of love. It's an act of commitment to your family. — Jeb Bush

A lot of conservatives, a big part of the Republican base don't like his position on common core, don't like his position on immigration. — Jeb Bush

Don't just talk about Hispanics and say immediately we must have controlled borders. It's kind of insulting when you think about it. Change the tone would be the first thing. Second, on immigration, I think we need to have a broader approach. — Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush Quotes About Putin

Donald Trump is not qualified to be president because he's not qualified to deal with Vladimir Putin. — Jeb Bush

I think to deal with Putin, you need to deal from strength. He's a bully, you enable bad behavior when you're nuanced with a guy like that. — Jeb Bush

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. — Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush Quotes About Florida

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. — Jeb Bush

I reject the notion that a high turnout helps Senator Kerry. I think in Florida at least, it's going to help President Bush because we have gotten more registered voters than the Democrats, and our base is just fired up - thanks to your help and a lot of others. — Jeb Bush

Donald Trump he wanted casino gambling in Florida. Yes, you did. — Jeb Bush

You [Donald Trump] wanted it [casino in Florida] and you didn`t get it. I was opposed to casino gambling before, during and after. And that`s not - I`m not going to be bought by anyone. — Jeb Bush

I want to accelerate, not slow down, the enforcement of the death penalty in Florida. — 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. — Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush Quotes About 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. — Jeb Bush

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

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

I don't think the science is clear of what percentage is man-made and what percentage is natural. It's convoluted, for the people to say the science is decided on this is really arrogant, to be honest with you. — Jeb Bush

If we want to destroy ISIS,if we expect to do this on our own, we will fail but if we do it in unison with people who are also are at risk and threatened by Islamic Radical terrorism, we'll be far more successful. — Jeb Bush

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. — Jeb Bush

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. — Jeb Bush

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. — Jeb Bush

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

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'? — Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush Quotes About President

I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism. — Jeb Bush

I'm working hard to be president of the United States.I'm running to change things, and I'm not going to be part of the political class in Washington, D.C. I have the skills to disrupt the old order and bring about a new culture. — Jeb Bush

Donald Trump would be a chaos president. He would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe. — Jeb Bush

This is a tough business to run for president. — Jeb Bush

I've been critical of Hillary Clinton and [Barack] Obama, for sure. But John McCain had a proven record as a senator. He also ran for president [in 2016]. But he got a lot of stuff done while he was a United States senator and still does. — Jeb Bush

We have huge national security issues in this country, and the United States Senate ought to be pushing President [Barack] Obama towards the proper policies that right now are a complete disaster based on his policies. — Jeb Bush

Marco [Rubio] is a gifted politician. He is incredibly gifted. And he needs to be able to do his job. He's going to be a great candidate [for presidency], for sure. But I think - he's a United States senator. He ought to show up. — Jeb Bush

Barack Obama became president, and he abandoned Iraq. He left, and when he left Al Qaida was done for. ISIS was created because of the void that we left, and that void now exists as a caliphate the size of Indiana. — Jeb Bush

Why would our president close the embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare. — Jeb Bush

You cant just be against the president. — Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush Famous Quotes And Sayings

If you apply conservative principles and you stick with it, and you have the leadership skills to bring people toward the cause, you can move the needle on these things, i reject the notion that we can't solve problems, that the gridlock is too enormous to forge consensus. It requires some creativity to get to a win for everybody. — Jeb Bush

I'm pro-life. The law protects women's right to chose, and I think there's a competing right, which is the rights of the unborn. And as you get closer to term, I think the rights of the unborn become more and more prevalent. — Jeb Bush

I think we need to lift our spirits and have high, lofty expectations for this great country of ours.The new normal of two percent [growth] that the left is saying you can't do anything about is so dangerous for our country. — Jeb Bush

Any time an elected official in the world we're in today that appears so dysfunctional challenges a core constituency not of their opponent but of their own political base, I think we should pause and give them credit. — Jeb Bush

Our freedom is under attack. Our economy is under water. The leading democrat is under investigation. And America is under the gun to lead the free world to protect our civilized way of life. — Jeb Bush

We need to increase our military spending. We need to deal with a no- fly zone in Syria, a safe zone. — 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

To me, Jeb Bush is hitting his stride. He was the most composed, the most endpoint, the most in control, I've seen him in an interview yet. And it's not because I wasn't asking him tough questions — Jeb Bush

I think the lesson's learned are that we have to have to have a strategy to get and a strategy to get out. Which means, that you create a stable situation. — Jeb Bush

So, I think it's important for us to be careful about the language we use, which is why I've been critical of Donald Trump. Disparaging women, disparaging hispanics, that's not a sign of strength. Making fun of disabled people... We're never going to win elections if we don't have a more broader unifying message. — Jeb Bush

Stand your ground means stand your ground. It doesn't mean chase after somebody who's turned their back. — Jeb Bush

We need to focus on building a military that is second-to-none ... so that we can destroy Islamic terrorism. — Jeb Bush

If we are going to compete in this world we're in today, there is no possible way we can do it with lowering expectations and dumbing down everything. Children are going to suffer and families' hearts are going to be broken that their kids won't be able to get a job in the 21st Century. — Jeb Bush

We need to have capabilities second to none. We need to create a situation where Chinies know that there will be adverse impacts if they continue to do what they're doing. — Jeb Bush

Apparently there are some Democratic leaders in the Senate that are running for office who now believe in tax cuts. — Jeb Bush

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

I'm a grinder....I've never taken more than a week off in my adult life. I truly believe work is a virtue, it gives you purpose. — Jeb Bush

We now have a lack of readiness that is quite scary. We have planes that were - that Harry Truman inaugurated, the B-52. We have - the Navy has been gutted and decimated. The readiness of the Marines is way down. — Jeb Bush

Work needs to be the single biggest requirements. No more waivers as this administration has done. There should be real work eligibility. — Jeb Bush

I have never wavered from my intention to advance the cause of diversity in new and more effective ways. — Jeb Bush

Women who bring up children by themselves do it heroically, they do it against all odds, men who don't feel responsible for being part of their child's life create real strains on that family. — Jeb Bush

There is no question we need higher academic standards and at the local level the rigor of the Common Core state standards must be the new minimum in classrooms. — 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

I don't know about you, but I'm betting that when it comes to doing the right and good thing, the Little Sisters of the Poor know better than the regulators at the Department of Health and Human Services. — Jeb Bush

I'd say my greatest weakness is impatience. I don't suffer fools well. — Jeb Bush

I know I'm going to have to get beyond being George H.W. Bush's son and Barbara's son -- for which I'm really proud. And I'm going to get beyond being George W.'s brother for which I am extraordinarily proud as well, there's a lot of interest in finding the ways that we are different and all this. Well, the simple fact is that we're all on our own life's journey -- my brothers and sister are different than me. — Jeb Bush

It's at the core of the Catholic faith, and to imagine how we are going to succeed in our country unless we have committed family life, a child-centered family system, is hard to imagine. — Jeb Bush

Look, the FBI has the tools necessary un-American activities in our country. It goes on, we shouldn't even be talking about it. — Jeb Bush

The next Republican that will win will campaign in the Latino community, will campaign amongst Asian-Americans, will campaign in the black churches, will campaign in college campuses. — Jeb Bush

ISIS has a caliphate the size of Indiana! Also, US military has been totally gutted. Can't even project power anymore. — Jeb Bush

I believe that I have the executive experience and the ideas and the proven record to fix things. — Jeb Bush

I'm energetic and passionate about the needs - the things we need to fix. I don't feel old, I don't feel like yesterday's news. — Jeb Bush

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

The job of a president is to identify, distinguish between the two. Make sure the people know that we view it as a threat that we're - because people are scared and they're legitimately so. Take action accordingly. And then you're going to lessen people's fears on the day-to-day activities. We can't be paralyzed in place. And that's where we are today. — Jeb Bush

If we want to destroy radical Islamic terrors, we can't disassociate ourselves from peace loving Muslims. — Jeb Bush

I know some in the media think conservatives don't care about the cities, but they're wrong. We believe that every American in every community has the right to pursue happiness. — Jeb Bush

I'm for higher standards measured in an intellectually honest way, with abundant school choice, ending social promotion. And I know how to do this because as governor of the state of Florida I created the first statewide voucher program in the country, the second statewide voucher program, in the country and the third statewide voucher program in the country. — Jeb Bush

I'm not an expert on the ways of Washington [but] it makes no sense to me that we're not funding control of our border. — Jeb Bush

A four percent growth strategy means you fix a convoluted tax code. You get in and you change every aspect of regulations that are job killers. You get rid of Obamacare and replace it with something that doesn't suppress wages and kill jobs. — Jeb Bush

They [terrorists] have declared war on us and we need to have a serious strategy to destroy ISIS. — Jeb Bush

I don't think it's the highest priority. I don't think we should ignore it, either, just generally I think as conservatives we should embrace innovation, embrace technology, embrace science. ... Sometimes I sense that we pull back from the embrace of these things. We shouldn't. — Jeb Bush

Donald Trump is not a serious kind of candidate. We need someone that thinks this through. That can lead our country to safety and security. — Jeb Bush

We need to embed our forces - our troops inside the Iraqi military. We need to arm directly the Kurds. And all of that has to be done in concert with the Arab nations. — Jeb Bush

I would not have gone into Iraq. — Jeb Bush

The notion that somehow you're going to have freedom just kind of outbreak in Cuba, I think is false. — Jeb Bush

To honor the people that died, we need to stop the Iran agreement, for sure, because the Iranian mullahs have their blood on their hands, and we need to take out ISIS with every tool at our disposal. — Jeb Bush

The Kurds are the greatest fighting force and our strongest allies. They're Muslim. — Jeb Bush

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

There's got to be a point where we fix the system so that legal immigration is easier than illegal immigration and show respect for people, a kid who might have been here for 10 years, that might be a valedictorian of their high school to say, no, no, no you're not allowed to go to college. I just think there's a point past which we are over the line. — Jeb Bush

Hillary Clinton has aligned herself with Barack Obama on ISIS, Iran and the economy. It's an alliance doomed to fail. My proven record suggests that - my detailed plans will fortify our national and economic security. And my proven record as governor makes - will give you a sense that I don't make false promises. — Jeb Bush

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. — Jeb Bush

It is a serious undertaking and yes, we do need more fencing and we do need to use technology, and we do need more border control. And we need to have better cooperation by the way with local law enforcement. There are 800,000 cops on the beat, they ought to be trained to be the eyes and ears for law enforcement for the threat against terror as well as for immigration. — Jeb Bush

The president receives an inspector general's report that the Office of Personnel Management could be hacked into; they had antiquated firewalls; 23 million files have been - are in the hands of the Chinese allegedly, including, by the way, members of the press, it turns out, last week. Maybe that's the only part that's good news, so that you guys can get a feel for what it's like now to see this type of attack. — 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

I ended Affirmative Action by executive order and replaced it with a leadership model that created more opportunities for African-American and Hispanic students. — Jeb Bush

Everything's viewed with a political lens in Washington, and that's just the nature of the beast, and it is what it is. — Jeb Bush

The United States Constitution is clear. It prohibits religious tests for public office. — Jeb Bush

I have said that Mr. Trump's language is divisive. — Jeb Bush

Banning all Muslims will make it harder for us to do exactly what we need to do, which is to destroy ISIS. We need a strategy. We need to get the lawyers off the back of the warfighters. — Jeb Bush

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. — Jeb Bush

Every weapon system has been gutted. — Jeb Bush

The idea that somehow we're better off today than the day that Barack Obama was inaugurated president of the United States is totally an alternative universe. The simple fact is that the world has been torn asunder. — Jeb Bush

The real problem is Barack Obama has had six years to advocate a position to fix this and he's done nothing. The congress has funded these programs of building more fencing and doing all this and he hasn't done it. — Jeb Bush

We've got to be willing to lose the primary in order to win the general election. — Jeb Bush

Life Lessons by Jeb Bush

1. Jeb Bush taught us the importance of hard work and dedication, as he worked his way up the political ladder to become a successful politician.
2. He also demonstrated the importance of being open to new ideas and approaches, as he was willing to compromise and collaborate with those from different backgrounds and ideologies.
3. Lastly, Jeb Bush showed us the value of staying true to your convictions, as he consistently advocated for his beliefs and values throughout his political career.