If someone asks me a question in Spanish, just for the record, don't take offense that I answered in Spanish. It's not an offense to you. It's a respect for others, this idea that somehow people that speak another language aren't, you know, like assimilated into our lives -- here's the dirty little secret: they speak both.

Jeb Bush

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I think we need to lift our spirits and have high, lofty expectations for this great country of ours.The new normal of two percent [growth] that the left is saying you can't do anything about is so dangerous for our country.

two country thinking

I used to be a conservative and I watch these debates and I'm wondering, I don't think I've changed, but it's a little troubling sometimes when people are appealing to people's fears and emotion rather than trying to get them to look over the horizon for a broader perspective and that's kind of where we are.

perspective people thinking

I'm pro-life. The law protects women's right to chose, and I think there's a competing right, which is the rights of the unborn. And as you get closer to term, I think the rights of the unborn become more and more prevalent.

rights law thinking

My belief is that most people are conservative. They just haven't... by Jeb Bush

My belief is that most people are conservative. They just haven't been asked yet.

conservative belief people

Governors have to balance budgets. And they have to make decisions. And they have to do things that sometimes aren't popular. And they also have to bring people together to try to solve problems.

decision trying people

America does not have the luxury of withdrawing from the world, our security, and our prosperity, and our values demand that we remain engaged and involved in -- often distant places.

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Our freedom is under attack. Our economy is under water. The leading democrat is under investigation. And America is under the gun to lead the free world to protect our civilized way of life.

gun water america

I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.

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Any time an elected official in the world we're in today that appears so dysfunctional challenges a core constituency not of their opponent but of their own political base, I think we should pause and give them credit.

political giving thinking

There's got to be a point where we fix the system so that legal immigration is easier than illegal immigration and show respect for people, a kid who might have been here for 10 years, that might be a valedictorian of their high school to say, no, no, no you're not allowed to go to college. I just think there's a point past which we are over the line.

kids past school

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

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I just think people, when they get elected, they ought to serve.... by Jeb Bush

I just think people, when they get elected, they ought to serve. They ought to do their jobs.

jobs people thinking

America still is an exceptional country. We love to lead and we love to win. And we do it, when we take on any challenge and when we take - we support our friends.

winning country america

What we need is new leadership that takes conservative principles and applies them so that people can rise up.

principles leadership people

I believe that the great majority of people coming here illegally have no other option. They want to provide for their family. But we need to control our border. It's not - it's our responsibility to pick and choose who comes in.

responsibility believe people

If we want to destroy radical Islamic terrors, we can't disassociate ourselves from peace loving Muslims.

radical islamic want

I think the lesson's learned are that we have to have to have a strategy to get and a strategy to get out. Which means, that you create a stable situation.

lessons mean thinking

We need to increase our military spending. We need to deal with a no- fly zone in Syria, a safe zone.

military safe needs

I reject the notion that a high turnout helps Senator Kerry. I think in Florida at least, it's going to help President Bush because we have gotten more registered voters than the Democrats, and our base is just fired up - thanks to your help and a lot of others.

florida president thinking

I used to be a conservative. by Jeb Bush

I used to be a conservative.

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