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 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.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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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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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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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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Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.
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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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Whatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
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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.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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