I don't view this debating as a question of winning and losing. It's a cumulative effect of shaping peoples' opinion about who you are, that matters over the long haul. Jeb Bush More Quotes by Jeb Bush More Quotes From Jeb Bush Of course he made a mistake and he paid a price. He accepts the responsibility. That's the point. That's why in some ways he's to be admired. He accepted responsibility. Jeb Bush politics Hey, don't start criticizing diet programs. Those aren't bad. Jeb Bush politics I'm a big boy ... if you are a candidate, you can't play role of the victim, so I'm not going to do it. And he shouldn't do it either. Jeb Bush politics He asked me to support that bill and I said, 'yeah of course, this is what senators are supposed to do, forge consensus' ... and I supported that even though my ideas were different, marco cut and run, plain and simple, for whatever reason -- may be legitimate reasons but he cut and run. Jeb Bush politics I don't apologize for it because he is a jerk. Jeb Bush politics You know big brothers always have to defer once in a while, but ultimately big brothers are still big brothers. You know what I mean? Jeb Bush politics I did that for a long while, not anymore. Jeb Bush politics I think he'll do it if it fits his schedule. He's been a big help, we're working on that right now. I don't know. Jeb Bush politics Donald Trump doesn't know what he's talking about. And you know who'd be hurt the most? Iowa agriculture, what does a country do when it gets thrown a 45% tariff? It retaliates. And who would it retaliate with? Agriculture, and the equipment and the technology that this great state has developed and has been sold to China. All of that is foolhardy. Jeb Bush politics I don't apologize for it because he is a jerk, he disparages POWs like John McCain, saying he's not a hero because he got caught. He's a jerk when he disparages women the way he does, and he is a jerk when he disparages people with disabilities. How are we going to win the presidency if we're tearing our country apart? Jeb Bush politics I'm, for one, not going to stand back when someone is advocating a global depression. Jeb Bush politics You know what, I've never understood this. For a guy who doesn't even know me, (he) just repeats it over and over again, it becomes the truth, it's the weirdest thing in the world. I just ran three miles on your beautiful beach before I came here and I had a full week. I work my tail off like I've done my entire adult life. I'm not bragging, that's just who I am. I love work. I think I do it with some energy. Jeb Bush politics If he wins, he will hijack the conservative cause, everyone running for president on the Republican side, as it relates to Donald Trump, is in the witness protection program. Jeb Bush politics I don't think about it, i just speak what I'm thinking, it's not organized probably as effective as it could be. I know people care about my family -- they love my brother, they love my dad and they love my mom. I don't go out of my way to talk about it, but it's part of who I am so -- it's does get a good response. Jeb Bush politics The country's better off that you're the speaker. Jeb Bush politics There are three things that will lift people out of poverty: work, marriage, and a high school education, at least, you do those three things and it gives you a giant leap forward in terms of the probabilities of being lifted out of poverty. Jeb Bush politics Look, any time that there's a crisis a tragedy, whether it's San Bernardino or these tragic mass killings by deranged people, the first impulse of the President of the United States and Hillary Clinton is to take more rights away from law-abiding citizens. Jeb Bush politics Well, um, I think I'm much better looking. Jeb Bush politics Look, Chris is a great guy. I don't think he could give you ... a record of accomplishment that compares to that. Jeb Bush politics I was (governor for) eight years in Florida, a purple state -- 500,000 more Democrats that Republicans -- where I applied conservative principles and reformed some big things that seldom are reformed. Jeb Bush politics
