I don’t like attacking.
BARBARA BUSHBut why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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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 do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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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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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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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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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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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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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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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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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
BARBARA BUSH