Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
BARBARA BUSHNobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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The home is the child’s first school, the parent is the child’s first teacher, and reading is the child’s first subject.
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I’m a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so’s George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don’t mean much to me anymore. Does that mean we care about people and are interested and want to help? And if that makes you a Liberal, so be it.
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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
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Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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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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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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To this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I’m the enforcer. I’m the one who writes them a letter and says ‘Shape up!’ He writes, ‘You’re marvelous.’
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Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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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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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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