Jeb Bush

I've never heard anybody in my family say anything but good things about Rick Perry.

I will support the Republican nominee.

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

I think Republicans really need to be disciplined, to stay focused on sustained economic growth.

I don't miss politics.

If you could bring to me a majority of people to say that we're going to have $10 of spending cuts for $1 of revenue enhancement, put me in, coach.

I'm comfortable with the life I have.

I have a blessed life.

My wife and I are living large in our beloved Miami and I'm working on the things that are important to me.

I try to have my voice be heard, but not on a regular basis on TV.

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

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.

I would say national security is work in progress.

Immigration is a gateway basically. It's a check-off point for Latino voters.

Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.

Way too many people believe Republicans are anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-worker.

Never again can the Republican Party simply write off entire segments of our society because we assume our principles have limited appeal. They have broad appeal. We need to be larger than that.

It's important to build trust if you're trying to deal with big things. Big issues require everybody to get outside their comfort zone, and people are more willing to do so if they believe that their partner is sincere in their efforts. And the only way you can do that is to engage them on a personal level.

I get to advocate issues and ideas that I believe in.

I loved being governor. It was a blast. Eight years was enough. But it was certainly one of the greatest thrills in my life to be able to serve the people of Florida. I miss that from time to time.

The fact that the U.S. is superior to all others allows for free commerce to take place.

When businesses go through hard times, through down markets, what do they do is they challenge every basic assumption of how they operate. They innovate. They create disruption for a while that leads them to even greater heights when the economy turns around.

You tell me which society is going to be the winner in this 21st Century: One that worries about how we feel or the one that worries about making sure that the next generation has the capacity to eat everybody's lunch.

If I'm a conservative, I'll generally watch Fox. If someone's liberal, they'll generally watch MSNBC. They'll basically learn a set of facts that are completely distinct from one another. They'll get their views validated.

Being against other people's policies eventually puts you in a downward spiral. It's fine to be principled and oppose views that you don't agree with, but you also have to have an alternative.

I have a voice: I want to share my beliefs about how the conservative movement and the Republican party can regain its footing, because we've lost our way.

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

In a divided government, you can't just say, 'It's my way or the highway.'

The dual effect of high growth creating higher income that's taxed by government at all levels, combined with lessening demands placed on government that occurs during economic prosperity, is a worthy objective.

In Washington, particularly, the loyal opposition has a job to be the opposition. But you can't stop there.

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

If you believe, like I do, that the world is abundant with possibilities, then we need to make sure we build capacity so that everybody is successful or can be successful in the pursuit of their dreams - not the dreams of someone from government, but their own dreams.

I do a lot of traveling overseas.

I'd be wary of simple solutions to complex problems.

I think life is precious from beginning to end.

I acted on my core beliefs on social issues as governor.

I think my dad's post-presidency, he didn't miss a beat. He didn't get into any kind of 'Woe is me.' He dusted himself off and led an incredible life since 1993.

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

Leaders lead. They don't divide; they don't create a climate that is poisonous.

There's a lot of obsession about people's personal ambitions.

I want my voice to have purpose.

If I can help create an environment where the principles that I believe in can be implemented - to me, that's fulfilling.

Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity.

I'm a conservative - a practicing one. I'm not a talk-about-it one.

It's hard to be a son of a candidate. It's hard to be a brother of a candidate. I think it may be the hardest thing to be the dad of the candidate.

We need to end the government monopoly in education by transferring power from bureaucracies and unions to families. The era of defining public education as allegiance to centralized school districts must end.

Public education must be viewed from the lens of providing each child with the learning environment that best meets his or her needs. If we can send a low-income child to a parochial school, knowing that his odds of attending college will increase as a result, then that should be our mission.

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.

I support high academic standards. Period.

If I decide to run for office again, it will be based on what I believe, and it will be based on my record. And that record was one of solving problems completely from a conservative prospective.