Your success as a family… our success as a nation… depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
BARBARA BUSHTo 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.’
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Your success as a family… our success as a nation… depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
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But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
BARBARA BUSHBut why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
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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 BUSHLibraries 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.
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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
BARBARA BUSHIf you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
BARBARA BUSHI’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
BARBARA BUSHFuture of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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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.
BARBARA BUSHThere 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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Whatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
BARBARA BUSHWhatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
BARBARA BUSHI decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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I don’t think that’s healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else’s.
BARBARA BUSHI don’t think that’s healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else’s.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
BARBARA BUSHI hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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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.
BARBARA BUSHI’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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I’m a little old-fashioned.
BARBARA BUSHI’m a little old-fashioned.
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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
BARBARA BUSHNever lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
BARBARA BUSHI hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
BARBARA BUSHValue your friendship. Value your relationships.
BARBARA BUSH



