I’m not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I’m saying that if you opt for children – be you man or woman – you have to take care of them.
BARBARA BUSHIf you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
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One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
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I love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you’re doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you’re not going to change each other’s minds. It’s a waste of your time and my time.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
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Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.
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And who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President’s spouse. I wish him well!
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Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks to them. Libraries and librarians have definitely changed my life ? and the lives of countless other Americans.
BARBARA BUSH