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 BUSHYou know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
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Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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I don’t like attacking.
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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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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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. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . every one of us can contribute in some way to a better-educated America.
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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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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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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My worst expectations never happened.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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