Barbara Bush
Barbara Bush
Barbara Pierce Bushis the wife of George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, and served as First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993. She is the mother of George W. Bush, the 43rd President, and Jeb Bush, the 43rd Governor of Florida, and the great aunt of Larry Bush. She served as the Second Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth8 June 1925
CountryUnited States of America
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You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.
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I don't like attacking.
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I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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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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And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!
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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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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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I know we did the right thing for security and for the country, ... I am convinced that out of the recent investigations will come a better system.
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He should, if he wants to come home.
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All the brave men and women we recognize today brought credit to the uniform and honor to the United States of America,
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I listen and give input only if somebody asks.
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I feel a little like the scarecrow in the 'Wizard of Oz' who suddenly discovers he had a brain all along. He just didn't have a piece of paper to prove it,
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Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well.