I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
BARBARA BUSHTo us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I don’t like attacking.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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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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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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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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If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.
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Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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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 married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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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.
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I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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.
BARBARA BUSH







