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 BUSHFuture of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.
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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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I’m tired now of the elections.
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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.
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It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that’s how I kept track of what was going on.
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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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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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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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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
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The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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Three publishers came to me at the White House after George lost and said, ‘We would like to publish your book.’ I said, ‘Well, I don’t have a book,’ and they said well it’s a well known fact that you have kept diaries.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
BARBARA BUSH