Jeb Bush

“I have a proven record, a record of accomplishment, a record of cutting taxes, of shrinking the government, of reforming education, of challenging the status quo, eliminating career civil service protections, shrinking the government workforce by 11 percent, but leading the nation in job growth.”

“Florida is a place of unparalleled diversity of backgrounds, experiences and vision. It makes our culture unique, but it can also make it difficult to define a common identity and create a sense of community that reaches beyond our neighborhoods to all corners of our state.”

“Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the beauty of the stars?”

“Florida has its own rhythm, too. People go to work, they watch their children learn and grow and start families of their own. They play in the sun and pass their lives enjoying the outsized blessings that make our state unique.”

“Imagine Texas as a blue state: how hard it would be to carry the presidency or gain control of the Senate.”

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

“I think it was hard at first for my dad to transition to being immobile.”

“I envision presenting parents with a marketplace of school choices - public, private, parochial, charter, virtual, blended, and home education. They then can choose the model that best equips their children for success.”

“You know, when you run you got to be all in and you take risks of winning and losing.”

“Candidates are making lasting impressions on voters, not just primary voters, in how they campaign.”

“States are free to modify the Common Core State Standards or adopt their own individual standards, because academic standards are the prerogative of the states.”

“I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism.”

“It's really important to recognize that family life in America has changed pretty dramatically.”

“If you set a tone that you don't want people to be part of your team, they don't join.”

“Life teaches you that you need to make decisions in the right time - not too early, not too late.”

“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.”

“It's a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and then you have all the amateur psychology that goes on when people try to speculate about motivations.”

“Well, I think lower taxes and less regulation would actually promote growth.”

“We've created rules and taxes on top of every aspiration of people, and the net result is we're not growing fast, income is not growing.”

“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.”