I don’t like attacking.
BARBARA BUSHIf more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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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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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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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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You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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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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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
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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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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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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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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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Whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It’s supposed to be fun.
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