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I'm Jeb Bush and I'm proud of my family's contributions to Texas and America. But this race isn't about my last name, it's about Ken Paxton's crimes.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Enough is enough, Ken Paxton. You've brought way too much scandal and too little integrity to this office, it's time to go.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We have a web of corruption and lies that affect one of the highest offices in our land and it's time for a change.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
There have been some serious allegations levied against the current attorney general, personally I think that the top law enforcement official in Texas needs to be above reproach.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
She knows it, but she told me she would refuse to accept the office.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Though we have political differences, I know Joe Biden to be a good man, who has won his opportunity to lead and unify our country.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Though we have political differences, I know Joe Biden to be a good man, who has won Joe Biden opportunity to lead and unify our country, the President-elect reiterated that while The President-elect ran as a Democrat, The President-elect will govern for all Americans. I offered The President-elect the same thing I offered Presidents President Donald Trump and Obama : my prayers for The President-elect success, and my pledge to help in any way I can.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The challenges that face our country will demand the best of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Harris -- and the best of us all, we must come together for the sake of our families and neighbors, and for our nation and its future. There is no problem that will not yield to the gathered will of a free people. Laura and I pray for our leaders and their families. We ask for God's continued blessings on our country. And we urge all Americans to join us in wishing our next President Donald Trump and Vice President well as they prepare to take up their important duties.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
They have spoken, and their voices will continue to be heard through elected Republicans at every level of government.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The American people can have confidence that this election was fundamentally fair, its integrity will be upheld, and its outcome is clear.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
So HB 234 would allow children in Texas to set up a lemonade stand. Cant think of anything more basic, more entrepreneurial, more creative for a child to begin the idea of learning the value of a dollar, literally, the value of a dollar today is buying just a glass of lemonade.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Larry's at the top of a list of leaders that I admire today because what's happening here in Annapolis is the antithesis of what's happening in Washington, DC, these days.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
You know, I'm not going to lie that, you know, it hurts. It stings, but, you know, my grandfather, my uncle and my dad, if they taught me anything on politics, you get back up and you fight again. And so, you know, I'm focused on my job in Texas.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Agents on her detail, they’re the ones posted around her house all of the time, they’re the ones who bring her shopping. They’re the ones who bring her to events.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I have a looming presence of Barbara Bush saying,' Be careful here, Jeb,'.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
We were rambunctious a lot, pretty independent-minded kids, and, you know, she had her hands. Dad, of course, was available, but he was a busy guy. And he was on the road a lot in his businesses and obviously on the road a lot when he was campaigning. And so Mother was there to maintain order and discipline. She was the sergeant.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
The name is definitely an asset here in the state, along with the president’s endorsement, I think it shows we are able to get support from many different types of Republicans.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
When I ran for office, I said he is a chaos candidate and would be a chaos president, unfortunately, so far chaos organizes the presidency right now.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I've never seen a White House as leaky as this one, people should be fired if they're disloyal to the president of the United States and leaking.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
When you have 10 overage white guys looking at things, there's better than a 50/50 chance it's going to be a screw-up.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
Donald, you know, is great at the one-liners, but, he's a chaos candidate. And he'd be a chaos president.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
If you run a positive campaign, the voters will ultimately make the right choice, jimmy, that was a joke, and shave that wig offyour face you godless Hollywood hippie.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
He's a master at understanding how the media works. More than anybody I've ever seen in politics, and kudos for him for kind of creating the environment and then manipulating the environment to his effect.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The tragedy of this though is that there isn't going to be a wall built. And Mexico's not going to pay for it. And there's not going to be a ban on Muslims. None of that is, this was all, like, a alternative universe that he created.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I can't vote for Donald Trump and I can't vote for Hillary Clinton. It breaks my heart.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The Bush family has a deep love for the party and cares about the future and in light of Trump's capacity to damage the brand, I think this is part and parcel of doing what they can to preserve the party.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
For the sake of our party and country, we must move to overcome the divisiveness and vulgarity Donald Trump has brought into the political arena, or we will certainly lose our chance to defeat the Democratic nominee and reverse President Obama’s failed policies, the only path that remains to nominate a Republican rather than Donald Trump is to have an open convention.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Washington is broken, and the only way Republicans can hope to win back the White House and put our nation on a better path is to support a nominee who can articulate how conservative policies will help people rise up and reach their full potential.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
To win, Republicans need to make this election about proposing solutions to the many challenges we face, and I believe that we should vote for Ted as he will do just that.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In this campaign I've stood my ground refusing to bend to the political winds, we put forward detailed, innovative conservative plans to address the mounting challenges that we face. Because despite what you might have heard, ideas matter... policy matters.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I'm disappointed, nikki Haley's a very good governor and should I win the nomination there will be a role for Nikki Haley in the campaign, trust me, Nikki Haley's a great person.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I'm proud of the campaign that we have run to unify the country. And to advocate for conservative solutions that would give more Americans the opportunity to rise up and reach their God-given potential. But the people of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina have spoken, i respect their decision.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
South Carolina has been good to the Bushes in the past, and I'm hoping and praying South Carolina will be good again.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
The presidency is bigger than any one person. It is certainly bigger than any candidate.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The more outlandish things he says about my brother... knowing about 9/11 -- you can't make this stuff up, this is Michael Moore talk!
Found on CNN 8 years ago
The people of Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina have spoken and I really respect their decision, so tonight I am suspending my campaign.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I’m proud of the campaign that we have run to unify our country, but the people of Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina have spoken, and I really respect their decision. So tonight I am suspending my campaign.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The presidency is bigger than any one person, it is certainly bigger than any candidate.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I know campaigns are stressful and taxing, but they should be. Because the job of the president is much harder than the campaign.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think that's a relationship they have with their Lord and savior and themselves. So I just don't think it's appropriate to question Donald Trump's faith, he knows what his faith is.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
She was the most beautiful girl I ever met in my life, and I decided I was going to marry her right then and now.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I think the Pope said he might not be Christian, i think his Christianity is between (him) and his creator. I don't think we need to discuss that.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I think his Christianity is between him and his creator. I don't think we need to discuss that, as related to his policy relating to ISIS, he's not the right guy to be Commander-in-Chief.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Across the board we ought to have a strategy to protect our border. That is clear, but that is not an un-Christian thing to do to make sure that people don't come across our border illegally. That's a just thing to do.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
It was to say that I’m for the Second Amendment, it meant nothing more than that. It was an appreciation for receiving a gun at a manufacturer that makes the gun, and a lot of jobs are created because of that.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It bothers me that someone comes to hijack that cause, donald Trump's not a conservative, and he's not a steady hand for sure, and he's not a servant. It's all about him and I'm the only guy going after him. I don't feel like, that he's intimidating. He's a bully. Punch him back in the nose.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I've been trying to do this for like three months, i've started doing TV interviews, remote TV interviews, where I can just stare at a camera, you know, a blind camera.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Strength is not empty rhetoric, it is not bluster, in my experience, the strongest person usually isn't the loudest in the room.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
The purpose was we went to a gun manufacturing facility where lots of jobs are created, high-wage jobs. And I received a gun and I was honored to have it.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
It was ugly, I guess. Part of it was related to the need to make sure people knew that Donald Trump is not a conservative and he got angry and, you know, kind of lost it a little bit.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I went and shook hands with everybody at the end and I think he saw me coming to do it and he walked away, so he may be still angry about it.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I'm sick and tired of him going after my family, my dad is the greatest man alive, in my mind. While Donald Trump was building a reality TV show, my brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safe and I'm proud of what he did.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Donald Trump wasn't running then, you know, it's a very different circumstance. Two-person race versus what's now a six- or seven-person race? Everything's changed.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I'm a Bush, proud of it. I love my brother. Love my dad, love my mother. It's part of who I am, he's the last Republican that was president, he is the most popular Republican alive.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
My dad is the greatest man alive, in my mind. While Donald Trump was building a reality TV show, my brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safe and I'm proud of what he did.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
The point is, is he a popular Republican? You bet he is, and he will make the point ... that he knows what it takes to be president of the United States, to be commander-in-chief, to keep the country safe and that he believes that I have those skills based on my record and based on how he knows me, and that will be validator in South Carolina where values matter and where national defense matters a lot. So I'm looking forward to the event we should have a great crowd and it'll help my campaign a lot.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
The Souter choice was unfortunate. He wandered off into the liberal camp for sure, john Roberts can be a defended choice for sure because (the) Obamacare decision I was disappointed in, but he has made some really good rulings beyond that.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
The lesson learned is that you pick someone who's proven, long standing, record, a history you can point to. When he wasn't considered or when she wasn't considered for a nomination for the Supreme Court. When he or she was doing their work and the consistency is what mattered. That's the Scalia approach. He was very consistent on his interpretation and his rulings. And that's what we need.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I'm sick and tired of him going after my family, my dad is the greatest man alive in my mind. While Donald Trump was building a reality TV show, my brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safe. And I'm proud of what Donald Trump did.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Putin's a bully. I'm learning about bullies now, i'm doing my own personal research on bullies, and what I believe about bullies is if you confront them and you're clear and consistent, they won't bully.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
A president should never talk the way he does. A president should never denigrate people the way he does. If he has turned a new leaf, it would be wonderful.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
He's the last Republican that was president. He is the most popular Republican alive, he has made tough decisions as president. All of that, I think, is important for people to be reminded of.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Maybe he's a private person, but I think that's important, i think how you lead your life as a president is as important as a five-point plan you have to deal with whatever subject it is.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
There may be other forms that are equally as important and good. I'm not passing judgment, to not try to strengthen family life, we do it at our peril.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
This is a place where I think President Obama missed a real golden opportunity, because he has a stable family, loving children -- great, balanced children from what I can tell -- a strong relationship with his wife, and he could have shown that as a model for others to emulate. And I don't think he's done it as much.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I think how you lead your life as a president is as important as a five-point plan you have to deal with whatever subject it is.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Over time, Columba and I have realized that this is an important story to tell.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Trump used profanity three times in his speech, and look I'm not an old fuddy duddy, but this should at least be G ... rated, i mean, we're running for president of the United States. Children listen to this stuff.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I thought about it after I said it, i don't know, there is a judge somewhere that's gonna tell me whether or not that's profanity?
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Unless I'm caught with a camera I didn't see, I'm not going to use profanity in public.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
President Bush has been incredibly supportive of his brother’s campaign and Governor Bush is excited to have him out on the trail.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They want a commander in chief that will have a steady hand and have a backbone and will support the troops and has detailed plans on how to keep us safe as it relates to Islamic terrorism.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
There's two-thirds of the Republican voters that didn't support him. And a lot of people won't support him because he insults people, he disparages people, he divides people, my case has to be, 'Look, I understand why you're angry. Here's the solution.'.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
They want a commander-in-chief that will have a steady hand and have a backbone and will support the troops and has detailed plans on how to keep us safe as it relates to Islamic terrorism.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
While the reality TV star is doing well, it looks like you all have reset the race, this campaign is not dead. We're going on to South Carolina.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When you repeat something over and over again, that's basically a canned phrase and it validates a belief you're not ready to be president.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Jeb is having some kind of a breakdown, he's an embarrassment to his family. He has to bring his mother out and walk his mother around at 90 years old. I think it's a very sad situation that's taking place.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I'm a joyful warrior, there is a difference between just sitting back and watching someone try to hijack a party that I believe will allow people to rise up again.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
This started, remember, when he himself struggled about what his accomplishments have been, the accomplishments that his campaign offered up -- supporting a bill that became law where he didn't vote for it, taking credit for the elimination of a risk order inside of Obamacare that he didn't sponsor and the passage of one law with (Sen.) Jeanne Shaheen as a sponsor that I'm sure is a good bill. That's it, that's all you can point to.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I've got a story to tell and he doesn't and that's the difference. He kind of validated the weakness of his campaign. Now, having said that, what I feel uncomfortable about is that he's a great guy and he's my friend and I admire him, i think I'm more ready to be President. Part of this is comparing and contrasting. I don't feel good when a friend is getting beaten up. I don't feel good about it at all.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
When you repeat something over and over again that's basically a canned phrase. It validates a belief that you're not ready to be president.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
In politics, when there is a validation of what the perception is, it is bad news.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
He’s not a conservative, he doesn’t have the temperament to be president and whenever I have the chance to describe what I think about him, I’m gonna do it.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It's a sign of weakness when you make fun of the disabled, what kind of man would do that? You do not want that man as president of the United States, I can promise you that. ... it's a sign of real weakness when you call John McCain or Leo Thorsness or anybody else that is a POW, who served this country in a way that should be admired, American heroes. Calling them losers? Donald Trump, you're the loser!
Found on CNN 8 years ago
On Day One, I will not blame Barack Obama for anything, i got sick and tired of hearing him blame my brother and I will never do it to him.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
We have two gifted freshman senators that are also front-running candidates. They're gifted. Look, I got a monkey brain to be honest with you. I can't say the same thing, I can't say it. My mind works differently.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
What Donald Trump did was use eminent domain to try to take the property of an elderly woman on the strip in Atlantic City. That is not public purpose. That is downright wrong.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
What Donald Trump did was use eminent domain to try to take the property of an elderly woman on the strip in Atlantic City, that is not public purpose. That is down right wrong.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Marco Rubio is a gifted politician and he may have the skills to be president of the United States.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
What Donald Trump did was use eminent domain to try to take the property of an elderly woman on the strip in Atlantic City.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Politically, it's a tough sell to tell a pro-life mother -- had her daughter been raped -- that she would just have to accept that as a sad fact, this is not an easy decision, but Marco will have to explain that position.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Two gifted freshman senators that can deliver a great speech, very talented, don't get me wrong -- one of them is a close friend that I admire, but what in their background would suggest that they could make a tough decision, that they run to the fire to put it out, that they've figured out a way to solve problems?
Found on CNN 8 years ago
We don't need the big dog on the stage, barking out stuff, insulting people, we need someone that has a proven record. That has a servant's heart.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I will support the Republican nominee no matter who he or she is, i've done it my whole entire life. I've signed a pledge to do it. I'll do it.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I want to win, though. I want the Republican Party's candidate to win. I want a conservative to serve in the White House, i believe I'm best qualified and that's why I'm fighting for this.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
He's attacking me, so does that count, or is this just only a one-way street? Is this the child of privilege that has a free pass, whenever everybody else has to fight for it? This isn't bean bag, you know. This is politics. Every campaign, every candidate will be contrasted and compared. Their records needs to be shown.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
As a speaker of the (Florida) House, he managed a staff of about 40 people, that's different than running a, you know, state government, where you had 130,000 people that got reduced by 11%.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
If he's going after Marco, it means he's not going after me, which warms my heart because I've been on the end of that pole ... by Chris Christie, and he's pretty good at it.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I didn’t know he was doing that, to be honest with you. We are righteous in making sure there’s no coordination.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I don't think a president would have ever shouted profanities in a speech in front of thousands of people with kids in the crowd, he does it all the time.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I know Jeb. I know his good heart and his strong backbone, jeb will unite our country, he knows how to bring the world together against terror and he knows when tough measures must be taken.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
In Iowa, one of my last events was with (Iowa Sen.) Chuck Grassley. The guy has not missed a vote for 22 and a half years, he probably has a list of accomplishments and service to the state of Iowa and to this country that's pretty real. Marco doesn't have it. He's gifted. Ted Cruz doesn't have it. He's gifted, i'm not saying they're not talented people. But they don't have a record of accomplishment and some people will think about that when they make the decision of who's going to be their vote on Tuesday.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
You can believe in both, which is why I don't criticize the President to go to a mosque and to assure people they shouldn't be discriminated against. I think that is more than appropriate as the leader of our country.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
There's nothing in their past that suggests they can lead. They might be able to lead, but how do you know?
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I disrupted, when I had a chance to govern and serve, I disrupted the order in Tallahassee for the betterment of 18 million people.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Donald Trump lost, and he better get used to it, because it may happen more often than once.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I actually called that person up and I asked for her vote and I got it.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
They are gifted beyond belief. They can give a great speech, but I think it's time for us to recognize that maybe what we need is someone who can lead.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Look, Trump's the front-runner and there's a jump ball for second with five candidates and that will be sorted out over the next few weeks.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
And the two other candidates that are likely to emerge in Iowa are two people that are backbenchers that have never done anything of consequence in their life, they're gifted beyond belief. They can give a great speech. But I think it's time for us to recognize that maybe what we need is someone who can lead.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I hope you'll caucus for me at 7 a.m. -- 7 p.m., excuse me, don't go at 7 a.m.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
We're just starting. The first vote hasn't been counted. Why don't we let the process work?
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I think it'll hurt him that he's not showing up in the Iowa debate four days before the Iowa caucuses.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Instead of saying, 'the dog ate my homework, it's someone else's fault,' once it became clear, he's taking the lead now, it does point out that we have a 20th century regulatory system on a 21st century world. Someone needs to change how we go about Washington's role in this so there's more accountability and more transparency.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Now everybody's talking tough, and that's not the sign of leadership ... You need to think these things through, and if it's not popular, persuade people toward your cause. That's what leadership is all about.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
They could have led the charge to create a strategy to deal with ISIS and Assad, and they didn't, because it was not popular at the time. And then conditions change.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Donald Trump has no clue how the world works. There's no negotiating with ISIS.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
No, I don't think it is because of schedules, but I hope he is going to be involved, and the campaign is working with him on that.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
We have differing views, and I want to be the conservative candidate to lead the conservative party into the general election.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
It does point out that we have a 20th century regulatory system on a 21st century world. Someone needs to change how we go about Washington's role in this so there's more accountability and more transparency.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
It is not strong to insult women, it is not a sign of strength when you insult Hispanics. It is not a sign of strength when you say that a POW is a loser because they got caught. (Arizona Sen.) John McCain is a hero.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I'd say these boots will match up really well against the Italian, fine Italian shoes that Donald Trump wears with his Brioni suits and his $500 ties.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
When push comes to shove, people are going to realize Jeb has real solutions, of all the people running, he seems to be the one who can solve the problems. I think he'll be a great president.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
We are reallocating our resources to voter contact and a ground game that will be second to none. It already is.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I hope they don't do that, the better approach to this is that Donald Trump changes his ways...So, my hope is that Trump goes into rehab here. Rehab in terms of the language that he uses and makes his case based on his ideas and his experience and gets serious about running for president.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
She probably did approve it, i have first-hand knowledge of this.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I can't tell you what my mom's advice has been because it is R rated. I'm just joking, no, I'm not.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I'm sure my brother is going to be campaigning by my side, all that stuff is going to happen, but I got to win this, people, there are people who think it's a little odd for a third Bush to be president of the United States. The expectations on me are higher because of that, fine, you know who has higher expectations than the conventional wisdom? Me.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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?
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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?
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I'm, for one, not going to stand back when someone is advocating a global depression.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Everyone running for president on the Republican side, as it relates to Donald Trump, is in the witness protection program.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Look, Chris is a great guy. I don't think he could give you ... a record of accomplishment that compares to that.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I don't know, look, it wasn't that long ago that people wanted signatures on things, and now, forget that, 'I want my damn selfie. I'm not leaving until I get it,' So we spend a lot of quality time doing that.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I think we have the best volunteers with the greatest commitment and greatest record, and get the candidate a little better, I think we'll be in good shape, that's irony, it's a new concept in political life.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
When anybody, anybody, disparages people with disabilities, it sets me off, that's why I called him a jerk, because he disparaged a person who he knew had a disability and made fun of him. What kind of person would you want to have in the presidency that does that? Do you want a president that disparages women, Muslims of all kinds, people with disabilities, Hispanics?
Found on CNN 8 years ago
He maybe exaggerates his success a bit, and all that, but it's good, it's a healthy thing. It's an American thing to be successful and to be proud.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I give them out to kids. Slow, steady progress -- that's what that means, i have a bunch of turtles. I got the little baby Jesus, I got my rosary beads and I got three turtles.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
First in the nation means you get to take this more seriously than people in other states, what I've seen is that you do take it seriously -- that you're not going to vote for the bombastic because it's bombastic and interesting, that you're going to vote for someone who walks on the hot coals, who takes your questions, who you get to listen to and who listens to you and builds a support based on interacting with real people and real concerns and real issues.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
The whole world vibrates and you're a few miles away and there's a lagoon in between you and the launch, and the light shines on the lagoon and there are like thousands of fish that are jumping because of the vibrations.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
That didn't happen by osmosis or a fairy godmother came down and just made it happen, that required changes in policy. So I like Chris Christie, I think he's a talent for sure, and he's my friend, but I've got a record.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
(Addiction) is one of the soft underbellies of our country and we need to get on with it. And we need to make it a much higher priority than we have, we need to recognize that restoring people's chances to be able to live a life of purpose and meaning doesn't just deal with the illness of drug addiction.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
If you're a disabled person, it's not very funny when you get disparaged by the leading candidate in the Republican Party. Or if you're a woman and you get disparaged, it's not funny at all, if you're looking for some guy like that, I'm not your guy.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
It is something to consider because he is very popular, i also know I need to go earn this.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I think that's my job, you got to take on the bully head on and that's what I'm doing.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I visited her in jail. Never expected to see my beautiful daughter in jail, she went through hell. When I travel and do my regular job I can just look in someone's eyes and I can just tell, you can just see it.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
You know who you're lookin' at here? You're looking at the guy who won the NRA Statesman of the Year award, not the Florida award. The national award. And I got a rifle from Charlton Heston, I got a rifle from Moses.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
What we can't do is restrict the rights of law abiding citizens, i actually think people packin' is part of the answer.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
If there is a grand jury that looks at all the facts and doesn't indict maybe there's reasons for that, i don't believe that every grand jury is racist.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
There's been lots of cases where he goes out and calls for an investigation and turns out nothing, there's nothing there, no civil rights violations or any of the civil violations that he had jurisdiction over, so, I think there should be more caution by using the federal government's power and more focus on trying to rebuild trust from the bottom up.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
In fact, when I was governor, in 16 months we had eight hurricanes and four tropical storms. One of them was called Katrina.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Like funny in a good way ? i'd say the guy with the quickest wit is, uh,( former Arkansas Gov. Mike) Huckabee. He's actually hilarious. Chris Christie is pretty funny as well -- in a different kind of style. You can imagine a governor from Arkansas is slightly different than the current governor of New Jersey, but they're both... pretty funny.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
It is a requirement that you take one, and I do it with great joy in my heart.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Just for the record, young people do it better than older people. It's cooler to do it diagonally rather than straight up, remember that. And it's better to do it higher than lower, because you look skinnier. Am I right ?
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I'd say the guy with the quickest wit is, uh,( former Arkansas Gov. Mike) Huckabee. He's actually hilarious. Chris Christie is pretty funny as well -- in a different kind of style. You can imagine a governor from Arkansas is slightly different than the current governor of New Jersey, but they're both... pretty funny.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
She's great at being the victim, you know this will enhance her 'victimology' status. This is what she loves doing.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Trump is not going to be president because he says these things that turns people off, for crying out loud, we're two days before Christmas. Lighten up man.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
That's one of those questions that I think you have to answer in a thoughtful way if you're running for president of the United States, but it's not just that. I mean, he said that ISIS is not a threat. Two months ago he gets his news from the shows. I know that warms your heart that he wakes up in the morning and gets his foreign policy and military advice from people that go on your show.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's a slight different view in a relatively short period of time, we're gonna carpet bomb Mosul? A city of 800,000 people? That's just not realistic, that's just not grounded in reality.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
By the way, that view, Ted Cruz had until he went into the witness protection program.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You have to ask them if they're sincerely changing their views or doing it for political purposes.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Beverly Bruce just said she was going to support me after the holidays, that made a long day even better.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You cannot insult your way to the presidency, you can't disparage women, Hispanics, disabled people. Who is he kidding?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Just one other thing -- I gotta get this off my chest -- Donald Trump is a jerk.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
.@JebBush has embarrassed himself his family with his incompetent campaign for President. He should remain true to himself, the last thing our country needs is another BUSH! Dumb as a rock!
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't think Hillary Clinton is going to be elected president of the United States.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Trump under fire Trump also came under attack from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who dismissed the reality TV star's policies as hewn from Saturday morning cartoons. This is not a serious proposal, in fact, it will push the Muslim world, the Arab world away from us at a time when we need to reengage with them to be able to create a strategy to destroy ISIS.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Donald Trump's not going to be president of the United States by insulting every group on the planet -- insulting women, POWs, war heroes, Hispanics, disabled, African-Americans, you can't insult your way into the presidency. And I think some people have to stand up to that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
People are angry. They have lots of anxiety for good reasons, but preying on that is not how you win, you have to give people a sense that you can fix these big, complex things both in foreign policy and our domestic economy.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't think he's a serious candidate. And I don't know why others don't feel compelled to point that out. But I did.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Donald is great at the one-liners. But he's a chaos candidate. He'd be a chaos president.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Donald, you know, is great at the one-liners, but he's a chaos candidate. And he'd be a chaos president. He would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He treats the person, you know, that is serving in a hotel the same way he would treat the head of state, strength is not defined by the volume of your voice or, you know, the outrageous things you say. It's the fortitude and integrity that you show when people aren't watching.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He had doubts about himself, doubts about where he was in life, that I never saw, i always saw him totally in charge so it was interesting insight that he was a human being ... It's kind of strange, but when you're a son of someone you don't get those kinds of insights.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I bought a really good bed, this is a bed that cost about like a Yugo or a Hyundai. It's a pretty expensive bed. It's beautiful. I sleep well.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I realized if I tried to achieve what I thought my Dad was ... I would (get) about 50% of the way there. I could either accept that as a traumatic experience and go get therapy and live a miserable life, or I could accept being half the man my dad was or is and still live a life of purpose and meaning.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm from Miami. The largest mountain in Miami is Mount Trashmore. I'm not going to climb that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Donald Trump is unhinged. His 'policy' proposals are not serious.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's an essential part of the national security of our country...there's no violation of civil liberties. There's all sorts of protections in place.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
In Iowa it's a question of organization, in New Hampshire, it's retail politics. In South Carolina, a great organization matters. I'm making great progress in those states. And we have the best campaign in Nevada, so, look, in October, in November, even in December of the last two election cycles, the people that were winning in December weren't the ones that ended up winning. It's just the nature of the beast, and there's no reason to rewrite history. People make up their minds late.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
When we get closer to this...the decision will be made by voters really on the following things: Do you have ideas that will make my life better? Do you have the fortitude, the leadership skills to make it happen?...Do you care about me?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
These are completely deranged people, and they have severe mental health issues. In every case there was the possibility of intervening but it didn't happen, either there was no knowledge at all, or there was peripheral connection to the mental health network but ... there was no follow through.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The impulse to do something whenever we have these tragedies inevitably impacts the 99.99% of people that use firearms appropriately, the net result is you don't solve the problem; you're taking people's rights away.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There's all sorts of ones, and I don't agree with them, i don't think that Washington is the source of solution for this.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's the ones that, that everybody brings up. The whole myriad of them -- starting with President Obama's ideas that were rejected in the Congress.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
How do you deal with the questions of privacy? There's a lot of complicated elements of this for sure.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The one guy that had some special interest that I know of that tried to get me to change my views on something, that was generous and gave me money, was Donald Trump. He wanted casino gambling in Florida, totally false.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt to see how the campaign unfolded, but if you listen to him talk, it's kind of scary to be honest with you, because he's not a serious candidate.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
And the net effect of this is in these really serious times he's not a serious leader.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Look, I just think he's uninformed. He knows what he's saying. He's smart. He's playing you guys like a fiddle, the press, by saying outrageous things and garnering attention. That's his strategy, is to dominate the news.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This is the world we are in, when you can’t express a pretty common-sense thing, the great majority of people come here want to provide for their family.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
This whole idea of preying on people’s deep-seated fears of what the future looks like is not going to work as a campaign tactic over the long haul.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Look Russia could be our ally, but they would have to abandon their alliance with Iran and with Assad. But for Iran and Russia, Assad would not exist, that's a key element of creating a secure Syria. Were not going to be successful taking out ISIS with out dealing with the Assad regime as well.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I believe Turkey, but it will be verified by all sorts of ways through technology. Turkey is a NATO ally they are an integral part if we're to be successful in the fight against ISIS and to change regimes, to take out Assad, it used to be our objective.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Look Donald Trump says these things to prey on people's fears, their anger, their frustration with Washington. He's quite effective at it, but he doesn't know what he's talking about and he's not a serious leader, we're living in difficult times, we need serious leadership to be able to solve the problems that we have domestically and lead America around the world so that we can create peace and security for ourselves.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't believe it happened. I know many Muslims that were just as angry and saddened by the attack on our country. I don't believe it.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam, that's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
They say 'we want to polarize the West and force Muslims in the West to choose between leaving their faith and (joining) us,' we (Muslims) feel like we're out there on our own and we're not getting any help.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There are no Christian terrorists in the Middle East. they're persecuted.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
That's just wrong, it's manipulating people's angst and their fears.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Look, I'm proud of my family, i'm all in, and it is an emotional time and I'm proud to be here. I'm going to work really hard to win.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I was working with a guy for three sessions as it relates to the debate, that's it, if you follow me around in the campaign, I think you'll get a pretty good sense that I'm all in on this.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I can hit her ... not physically, i can make a forceful case against her ... hell yeah, I can do it.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I was viewed as a threat, and I won. I crushed them, i'll do it on the stage in the debate if need be, and I'll certainly do it against Hillary Clinton.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He is part of the reason why we have this refugee problem -- humanitarian crisis that is tragic. His lack of leadership is the reason why this exists. It's up to him to fix it, and if he doesn't, I will.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
In effect, this President wants to run out the clock and leave this responsibility to the next president.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We should focus our efforts as it relates to refugees on the Christians that are being slaughtered.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Every other candidate, maybe with the exception of (Ohio Gov.) John Kasich, is in the witness protection program because they sense the anger and they're worried about it, so they pull back rather than persuade. I'm not going to do that. I have to be elected on my own terms. The only way you get elected is to be authentic and genuine. And I think immigration done right is a huge driver for our success ultimately as a nation. It's what makes us different in so many ways.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I do think there is a special important need to make sure that Christians from Syria are being protected because they are being slaughtered in the country, and but for us, who ?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about, islam is peace.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It would require more boots on the ground, as you will, more troops on the ground, more special operators ... More involvement, for sure, but in a leadership role.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There should be really thorough screening, and we should focus on creating safe havens for refugees in Syria rather than bringing them all the way across to the United States.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is not a question of religion, this is a political ideology that has co-opted a religion, and I think it's more than acceptable to call it for what it is and then organize an effort to destroy it.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If that's what the French want -- our longest and strongest ally over our entire history -- then we should certainly consider it.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We're prepared to take a tiny fraction of the people that are coming, and they should be thoroughly screened, for sure, but I think we need to be much more aggressive in moving to a legal immigration system where we pick who comes.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Former Sen. Bob Dole said. Former Sen. Bob Dole served in both the House and the Senate, before becoming the Republican Party’s nominee for the White House in 1996 – an election Former Sen. Bob Dole lost to Bill Clinton. Oh my gosh, Former Sen. Bob Dole is Former Sen. Bob Dole. I ’m so honored to have Former Sen. Bob Dole support and honored to have the support of literally hundreds of veterans, the policies of the Obama administration have left the Veterans Administration in an utter mess and one of my first priorities as president will be to fix this broken system and give our veterans the care they deserve. I ’m thankful for Senator Dole’s valued advice.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The policies of the Obama administration have left the Veterans Administration in an utter mess and one of my first priorities as president will be to fix this broken system and give our veterans the care they deserve. I ’m thankful for Senator Dole’s valued advice.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Hillary Clinton has said that Barack Obama's policies get an A. Really? One in 10 people right now aren't working or have given up altogether, that's not an A. One in seven people are living in poverty. That's not an A. One in five children are on food stamps. That is not an A. It may be the best that Hillary Clinton can do, but it's not the best America can do.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
They’re doing high fives in the Clinton campaign right now when they hear this.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
That's the problem with this. We need to win the presidency, and the way you win the presidency is to have practical plans.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
By the way, those three questions, are better than the moderated debate questions, if you're free tomorrow night, maybe you can come by the arena.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It could have a dangerous effect on everything else, but I'd do it -- I mean, Hitler.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
One of my personality strengths is that I'm an introvert, which puts me in the minority, apparently, amongst politicians. Normally people that run for office, they're extroverts. I've overcome introversion, if you will, because I love people.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I feel like getting on top of a tank and charging somewhere, where's Gen. Patton?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
At the end of the day, places like New Hampshire make up their mind based on who they want to see as the party's nominee to president of the United States. Not to prey on their fears. Not to fulfill their angst, and when we get to that decision point, I feel pretty good about my chances, to be honest with you.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's a chance to be able to say what you think, i'm going to take advantage of that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You're not going to get them to do this, Tiffany, a girl can dream. It's just not going to happen.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
She went through hell, and so did her mom and so did her dad. And it was in a private setting, but then it became very public when I was governor. And it was n’t easy.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Every day they exist in the form of a caliphate is another day they gain energy, so I think the President needs to acknowledge this is a threat to our national security interests, i believe we need to take out ISIS and create a more stable Iraq and a more stable Syria. American leadership is required for that to happen.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I called her said you're wrong. She said, I'm not... basically 'f--- you'... I said I want to see you, we hugged about it...and we're friends. There is a shared bond in this, people who go through this. I don't know what it's like to lose a daughter, but I almost did.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I've had personal experience with this, just the heartbreaking nature of someone who you love with all your heart who is afflicted with addiction -- or even worse dies -- is just.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Just the heartbreaking nature of someone who you love with all your heart who is afflicted with addiction -- or even worse dies -- is just.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Every day that they exist in the form of a caliphate is another day they gain energy, so I think the President needs to acknowledge this is a threat to our national security interests, he needs to create a strategy, he needs to explain to the American people what that strategy, what that objective is, and I believe we need to take out ISIS and create a more stable Iraq and a more stable Syria. American leadership is required for that to happen.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The idea that a candidate would think he can make political hay, to create ... a new narrative on the reality of how he led is a joke, it shows a lack of seriousness.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I worked hard here in Texas on the Latino vote by showing respect and my language was not one of alienation but one of welcome and unity, jeb's gonna do better than that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's not my job to worry about that. It's your job, a candidate running for president that has a chance to be president will be thoroughly vetted.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
That's one path, the other path is a path of public service where you accomplish things and that's my lane. And I'm going to talk about my lane.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I will support every person on the stage running against Hillary Clinton, i'll be the nominee, though.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You have to pivot towards what you want to say, and look at -- learn to interrupt in a way that doesn't sound like you're just oppressively rude, you've got to garner the space. You got to talk about what's important, and I'll do that. Whether I've got a consultant is not as relevant right now.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
People that are serving need to show up and work. Period. Over and out, i just think people need to show up and work. That's what I did.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
To get your foreign policy advice from the shows is probably not the best way to be ready to be president, if you have intellectual curiosity as a leader, you can grow into the job. I'm not sure Mr. Trump has much intellectual curiosity.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He praises Putin and says let Russia take care of ISIS, it's a reactive kind of mode that somehow, I'm the big guy in the room and I'll just figure it out as I go along.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's a different kind of hard than I expected, just because the emergence of people that have no proven record in public life.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If Lincoln were alive today, imagine the foolishness he would have to suffer. Advisers telling him to shave his beard. Cable pundits telling him to lose the top hat, opposition researchers calling him a five-time loser before the age of 50.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Nail that zinger. Be angrier. Hide your inner wonk, but I have learned two important things from my time serving the people of Florida: One, I can't be someone I'm not.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm informed by my faith in many things, and this is one of them. So I have to admit that I'm conflicted about this, but here's the deal, this happens in rare cases where the death penalty's given out and you meet family members that have lost a loved one and it's still in their heart. It's etched in their soul. And this is the way that they get closure? I get more comfortable with it, to be honest with you.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We should reform it, if it's to be used as a deterrent, it has to be reformed. It can't take 25 years. That does no one any good. Neither the victims nor the state is solving this problem with that kind of tangled judicial process.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We've got eight more debates, i'm going to have to do what other candidates do, which is: Rudely interrupt, not answer the questions that are asked, and hopefully the debate moderators will actually ask more substantive questions as well.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I wish I could talk as well as some of the people on the stage, the big personalities on the stage, but I'm a do-er.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Nope, not frustrated, i'm running for president of the United States. I'm running with heart. I'm not a performer. If they're looking for an entertainer-in-chief, I'm probably not the guy.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm running for president of the United States. I'm running with heart. I'm not a performer. If they're looking for an entertainer-in-chief, I'm probably not the guy.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm running for president. If they're looking for entertainer in chief, I'm probably not the guy.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It would have made sense back then, now we're way beyond that, what we need to do is reform Social Security to preserve it and protect it for those that already have it and reform it in the logical ways where there's broad bipartisan consensus, which is to, over an extended period of time, raise the retirement age and raise the income cap limit. You can solve Social Security that way.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Seniors will still get a simple brochure in the mail from the government every fall, they will be able to review and choose from their local options from Humana, Anthem, United or another private plan, or traditional Medicare. Seniors will have access to new options, like plans that specialize in treating congestive heart failure or diabetes or Alzheimer's.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If we do not have an honest conversation about what it will take to protect Medicare and Social Security, we fail seniors and we will fail the next generation of Americans.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He's gon na win, there's no doubt in my mind having done the job, he can handle the pressures of the job, that he'll be able to make tough decisions and stand by them.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The idea that a candidate would think he can make political hay, to create... a new narrative on the reality of how he led is a joke, it shows a lack of seriousness.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I worked hard here in Texas on the Latino vote by showing respect and my language was not one of alienation but one of welcome and unity, jeb's gon na do better than that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
People tell me that all the time, just saying the exact same thing in English, in English there's a cultural difference.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
So for 12 hours a day, five days a week, I made minimum wage, until Thursday, when I basically got time and a half. Minimum wage back then was like $ 2.10, then I would come home where Jeb Bush was renting an apartment in the Rice area of Houston.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I introduced Vladimir Putin to Barney. You remember Barney ? Scottish terrier. I was crazy about the little guy, anyway, so Vladimir Putin kinda dissed Vladimir Putin. Kinda looked at Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Putin body language was,' You call that thing a dog ?' Kinda hurt my feelings, but of course I was President of the United States and couldn't let anybody know United States.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Vladimir Putin kneels and Vladimir Putin says bigger and stronger and faster than Barney, and anyway, it was an instructive moment. Imagine that ? A president saying my dog is bigger than your dog. And really what it says is Vladimir's got a chip on Vladimir Putin shoulder because Vladimir Putin believes the demise of the Soviet was bad for the world.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
A lot of politics is relational. Can that person relate to me ? Does that person understand how I think ? Given Jeb's relationship with Columba, and Columba herself, people will say,' He understands how I think,'.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I vetoed a couple of projects for one of the presidential candidates.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I am absolutely certain given his background and his steadiness that he'd be able to deal with the unexpected.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Yeah, he did (have more experience than Obama). He still does, that's for sure, that's a low bar, though.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If this election is about how we're going to fight to get nothing done, then ... I don't want any part of it, i don't want to be elected president to sit around and see gridlock just become so dominant that people literally are in decline in their lives. That is not my motivation.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I've got a lot of really cool things I could do other than sit around, being miserable, listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them, that is a joke. Elect Trump if you want that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If this election is about how we're going to fight to get nothing done, then ... I don't want any part of it. I don't want to be elected president to sit around and see gridlock just become so dominant that people literally are in decline in their lives. That is not my motivation, i've got a lot of really cool things I could do other than sit around, being miserable, listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them. That is a joke. Elect Trump if you want that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There's a lot of big personalities on the stage. A lot of them. One in particular, huge, huge, huge!
Found on CNN 9 years ago
In business, when you anticipate how things are going to be, you anticipate them, you don't wait for them.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If we don't stand for people that will die because of their faith, wow, we have really lost our way. I think Donald Trump is dead wrong on this, and I am right.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Everybody goes, 'How long, Pataki, can you stay in this?' We've been running on a bare bones campaign from the beginning.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
And he won the nomination. And he did it because he's a good man, people knew he could lead.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm not getting out. I believe we have a plan to be very competitive in the early states. We have the resources to stay with this, i'm campaigning hard, I'm campaigning with heart, I'm campaigning in a way that will draw people towards our cause.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I like watching the movies. I wish I owned Marvel, as someone that believes in capitalism, i don't know, I'm kinda old school.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I saw it when I was working out this morning, she looked kinda ... she looked pretty hot. I don't know which channel it's on, but I'm looking forward to that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He is breaking the law, i think people, and the law ought to be enforced, and I'll let the federal government authorizes figure out how to do that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't think narrowing uses of public lands is appropriate, there are ways that you can build consensus to protect the natural environment and allow people to access their land.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The Clinton administration made a mistake of thinking bin Laden had to be viewed from a law enforcement perspective, similarly, President Obama's polices seemed to be focused on that as well.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I would be very careful about using our troops as nation-builders.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think the Clinton administration made a mistake of thinking bin Laden had to be viewed from a law enforcement perspective, similarly, President Obama's policies seemed to be focused on that as well.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We need a steady hand, his view of history is just wrong. The simple fact is that when we were attacked, my brother created an environment where for 2,600 days, we were safe. No one attacked us again. And he changed the laws. He did everything necessary. He united the country and he kept us safe. And just a tip of the hat to that and moving on to the threats today is what we should be focusing on. Donald Trump is not a serious candidate as it relates to foreign policy.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You remember the rubble at the World Trade Center? He sent a clear signal that the United States would be strong and fight Islamic terrorism, and he did keep us safe.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Across the spectrum of foreign policy, Mr. Trump talks about things that -- as though he's still on 'The Apprentice,' talking about Syria - saying ISIS should take out (Syrian President Bashar al-Assad), then Russia should take out ISIS, as though it was some kind of board game and not a serious approach.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Next week, Mr. Trump is probably going to say that FDR was around when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, it's what you do after that matters. And that's the sign of leadership.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Look, my brother responded to a crisis, and he did it as you would hope a president would do.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Talking about Syria - saying ISIS should take out (Syrian President Bashar al-Assad), then Russia should take out ISIS, as though it was some kind of board game and not a serious approach.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
He's not taking the responsibility, the possibility of being president of the United States really seriously. For him, it looks as though he's an actor playing a role of the candidate for president. Not boning up on the issues, not having a broad sense of the responsibilities of what it is to be a president, across the spectrum of foreign policy, Mr. Trump talks about things as though he's still on 'The Apprentice.'.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
My brother responded to a crisis, and he did it as you would hope a president would do. He united the country, he organized our country and he kept us safe. And there's no denying that. The great majority of Americans believe that, and I don't know why he keeps bringing this up. It doesn't show that he's a serious person as it relates to being commander in chief and being the architect of a foreign policy.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I mean, so next week, Mr. Trump is probably going to say that FDR was around when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. It's what you do after that matters. And that's the sign of leadership, you don't have to have your last name named Bush to be able to understand that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
She did a good job in the debate, for sure, she's a smart person, no doubt about that. But every chance she had to lay out a different approach than the one we're on now, she actually doubled or tripled down on it: more taxes, more regulation, more creating barriers on people's ability to rise up.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Across the spectrum of foreign policy, Mr. Trump talks about things as though he's still on 'The Apprentice.'.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This is just another example of the lack of seriousness. And this is a serious time. We're under grave threats again, and I think we need a president with a steady hand.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't think Trump is going to win the nomination. I think we're going to have a nominee that will unite the party.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't know at all about Donald Trump's views of leadership because he talks about himself the whole time, i have no clue. That's the point. He hasn't shared his views. When he talks about foreign policy, he talks about how Putin ought to go take care of ISIS and the week before it's ISIS ought to take care of Assad. He would send refugees back to Syria back to their slaughter.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I admire the fact that he's way too politically incorrect. I think we're a little too uptight as a nation. I admire the fact that he doesn't feel embarrassed about his wealth. And uh, what else do I admire about him? Let me think. Uh. Ha. He's got a great family.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
While I am glad President Obama has dropped his plan to abandon the region entirely, if he is truly committed to fighting terrorism and securing a stable Afghanistan, he shouldn't shortchange what our military commanders have said they need to complete the mission.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'll never forget that, when I went as governor of the state of Florida on the tarmac for a tribute to the astronauts that died in, I think it was 2005, was it? No ... the ... um ... yeah, no the other one, 2002, in the 2000s, it was horrible. It's a recognition that this is a dangerous endeavor, but it's worth us, for all sorts of reasons, to be engaged.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There's lots of people that could be effective leaders of the moon, let me think about it, I'll get back to you on that in the next millennium.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I mean what's wrong with having big aspirational goals? It's not in the absence of taking care of the hungry or the poor. We're a big country. We're a generous country. The benefits of this are far more than people realize.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Senator Morse has spent years fighting for Granite State families, working to lower taxes and reduce regulations that make it harder for us to grow the economy and give people the opportunities they deserve, he is one of the hardest working elected officials in New Hampshire and I'm proud to add him to our growing team in the state.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I can't see without glasses, i'm not going to take off my stinking glasses.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The simple fact is you got to have some experience to do the things that you're asking a president to do, you can't just show up.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Barbara Bush is behind me—the looming figure that all children have—and she's about ready to whack me across the head if I try to be something I'm not.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Although, I am not sure we need a half a billion dollars for women's health issues.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We can't rely on the loud voices. We can't rely on untested people.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't know what the super PAC does. I have no coordination with them. I'm running on my record and I think it's a record of accomplishment and I will match it with any candidate.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm a proven leader, i disrupted the old order in Tallahassee. I relied on people like Marco Rubio and many others to follow my leadership.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think people want authenticity, they want someone who has the leadership skills to turn ideas into reality.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
They want someone who has the leadership skills to turn ideas into reality.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Jeb Bush is down the road tonight, they're expecting 150 people.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Donald seems to have a harder time taking criticism. And he probably needs to put on his big boy pants too, he's running for president of the United States. He ought to take a little incoming. He's great at giving it out.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If you're looking for the big guy on the stage, talking in the first-person, singular, 'I, I, I, me, me, me it's all about me,' I'm not good at that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
My energy comes from helping people have a chance to live the lives that the want. ... The kind of leadership we need is servant leadership.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm a proven leader, i disrupted the old order in Tallahassee. I relied on people like Marco Rubio and many others to follow my leadership and we moved the needle.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's not a serious of a plan as it should be, but the fact that he's actually proposing something is encouraging, every time he talks about policy, he's not insulting somebody. That's a good sign for the Republican primary.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
But look we're going to have a chance to focus on this, i can't wait to hear and see what his plans are about all the other things because up until now it's really just been bluster.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If they want to hear someone who's authentic, who has plans for the future, who has leadership skills to fix a few big complex things, who will listen to them and not necessarily entertain them, then they should come to my event, or come to both, I don't care. I'm happy to compare and contrast.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
And he won the nomination, people knew that he could lead, and over time, that's what people in New Hampshire do, they decide who presidents are going to be.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm convinced I'm going to win the Republican nomination, i'm going to do it in a way that will actually make it possible to win the general election, as well. I am who I am. I think people want authenticity.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I mean ultimately this is not about the loudest, you know, it's not entertainment. We're not auditioning for some kind of show here, we're running for president to the United States and who sits behind the big desk matters.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Look we had a president who came in and said the same kind of thing -- new and improved, hope and change -- and he didn't have the leadership skills to fix things.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
John Boehner dedicated his life to public service. Bringing the Holy Father to Congress was a fitting cap to a great career.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We're a pluralistic society. We're diverse, we have people that come from everywhere, we're not multicultural. We have a set of shared values that defines our national identity, and we should never veer away from that because that creates the extraordinary nature of our country.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Our message is one of hope and aspiration. It isn't one of division and 'Get in line and we'll take care of you with free stuff,'.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Just for the record, yes, I'm bilingual. Yes, my wife is from Mexico. Yes, I love the Mexican culture. And yes, I'm an American and so is my wife and we have a set of shared values just like everybody else, there's no conflict there at all.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I have to admit it -- it's something I struggle with, but it's the law of the land, and the comfort I got of having to fulfill this was in the fact that there was closure for a lot of families that had a torn heart.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
(The Pope) is not a scientist, he admits that. He doesn't claim to be a politician, what he claims to be is a spiritual leader, and he's challenging us, and I think it's a good thing.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We're a pluralistic society. We're diverse, we have people that come from everywhere.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm going to be a professor here for a second, we're a pluralistic society. We're diverse, we have people that come from everywhere.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We've stood for people, irrespective of their nationality, their ethnicity, their race, color, creed, it doesn't matter, if they embrace a set of shared values, everybody can be as American as everybody else.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
That is the dignified, American way, the practical way of solving the problem of 12 million immigrants.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If we embrace a set of shared values, then it shouldn't matter if you have a 'z' at the end of your name, or your accent might be different, 'cause guess what? There are people in this country, that have accents different from mine and mine's different from theirs. It doesn't matter.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't think that there's a problem with Muslims in America, i think there's a problem with Islamic terrorism in the rest of the world and we need to confront that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm sure that other people might have done it and may not want to say it in front of 25 million people, my mom's not happy that I just did.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Thankfully, she wasn't there, i think she'll forgive me after 42 years, you think?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm going to be very brief because I really like taking selfies.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You're in a caucus state, which means that I hope I will be so brilliant and so eloquent and so high-energy, that you sign up for the caucuses in February.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm not going to get my foreign policy based on watching the shows or say 'don't worry about it, I'll figure it out later.' You need a president with a steady hand because this is a dangerous world.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The simple fact is that going forward what we need to do is to have someone that has a long standing set of rulings that consistently makes it clear that he is focused exclusively on upholding the Constitution of the United States.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You know what? As it relates to my brother, there's one thing I know for sure. He kept us safe, you remember the fire fighter with his arms around it? He sent a clear signal that the United States would be strong and fight Islamic terrorism, and he did keep us safe.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
To subject my wife into the middle of a raucous political conversation was completely inappropriate, and I hope you apologize for that, Donald, why don't you apologize to her right now.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
So, here's the deal. My wife is a Mexican-American. She's an American by choice, she loves this country as much as anybody in this room, and she wants a secure border. But she wants to embrace the traditional American values that make us special and make us unique. We're at a crossroads right now. Are we going to take the Reagan approach, the hopeful optimistic approach, the approach that says that, you come to our country legally, you pursue your dreams with a vengeance, you create opportunities for all of us? Or the Donald Trump approach?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
To subject my wife into the middle of a raucous political conversation was completely inappropriate, and I hope you apologize for that, Donald.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
As it relates to my brother, there's one thing I know for sure: He kept us safe.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
That team took out the Soviet Union because we were strong and insistent. With Ronald Reagan our friends knew that we had their backs and our enemies feared us. And we were strong and resolute.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Hispanics contribute more every day to our culture; they are an integral part of the American dream.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Hillary and Jeb, in particular, are totally controlled by the hedge fund guys and the Wall Street guys, but hedge funds, in particular.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
One of the frustrations that I had is that people that don't have a proven record get appointed to the Court and then they wander.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This is stuff for the memory banks isn't it? You know you meet a lot of cool people, you go to a lot of cool places, so what is there not to like?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If you want more self-promoters or more D.C. politicians, you have got options.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
As governor, I cut taxes, cut spending and led the nation in job creation.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He put on yellow cotton candy on his head, he ate his own hair, asked if i wanted some -- I took a little piece of the Donald's hair.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think President Obama is being naive to trust the Ayatollahs and this deal will ultimately create an even more unstable Middle East.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Where was the secretary of state in all of this? In all her record-setting travels, she stopped by Iraq exactly once, who can seriously argue that America and our friends are safer today than in 2009, when the president and Secretary Clinton … took office?
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
One thing I won't do is just say as a candidate: 'I'm just going to tear up the agreement on the first day.' That sounds great, but maybe you ought to check in with your allies first, maybe you ought to appoint a secretary of state, maybe a secretary of defense. You might want to have your team in place before you take an act like that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He figures out ways to say things that I, you know, struggle with. He says, 'you can believe in science and believe in God. It's not one or the other.' I should have said that, that's the right way to say it.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Look, I think we could all use a lot of mercy in this world. And the pope is a loving person, and having absolution -- [allowing] the priest to give absolution is extraordinary, but I'm not surprised at all, i hope that we also focus on mercy for the unborn, the hundreds of thousands of babies that will die. I think we need to have a society that protects life from the beginning to end, and we should be a repentant society for sure. And mercy should be at the heart of everything we do.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You tell me if this is amnesty, you come out from the shadows. You receive a provisional work permit. You pay taxes. You don't receive federal government assistance. You learn English ...You work.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
99% of people that come across the border ... are coming to provide for their families. The ones that are criminals, we ought to be kick them out. There's no disagreement about that, to ascribe bad motives people who are trying to provide for their families, I'm not going to change my views on that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Donald Trump's view is that the end is near, his pessimistic view is let's close the borders, let's create tariffs, let's do this, let's do that--all based on negativity, and the net result is all of us will suffer if that philosophy gains favor.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Whatever the issue is, there is one path that is aspirational and hopeful, and there is one path that is negative, and it is not the right path for this country, so here I am.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The notion that another country is going to pay for a wall that we're building is just ludicrous beyond belief.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You come out from the shadows. You receive a provisional work permit. You pay taxes. You don't receive federal government assistance. You learn English ...You work.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I thought the host was Amy Schumer; I totally blew it. But since it's you, we're lowering our contest fee to $1, and I'll enter yours with a donation to the Yellow Ribbon Fund.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He supports people like Nancy Pelosi. He has given money to Hillary Clinton. He's been a Democrat longer than he's been a Republican. He has said he's felt more comfortable being a Democrat.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The federal government shouldn't be involved in gun laws because the country's very different, you go to a rural area, where guns are part of the culture, (and) to impose laws from Washington that are going to work in New York City, or work in a rural area, makes no sense.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
So I think having a society that is much more in tune with the people that are kind of on the margins of society would be a better solution than imposing more gun restrictions. and it doesn't necessarily solve the problems of these isolated sad, tragic cases.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
(If) they're socially kind of alone, then we have a duty to make sure our friends know we care about them, that we're involved, their families need to do the same thing.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
And it doesn't necessarily solve the problems of these isolated sad, tragic cases.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Our ad simply uses his own language, his own words...those are his words not mine, I didn't exaggerate a single thing.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Flower boy, come up here, if you've gone to our town hall meetings, you've met a friend of mine, a brother from another mother.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If you've gone to our town hall meetings, you've met a friend of mine, a brother from another mother.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Look, there's some people running that are really talented about filling the space, about saying big things. They think that volume in their language is a kind of a version of leadership, talking is not leadership. Doing is leadership. And that's what we need.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I've learned about leadership through trial and error. I've got tire marks on my forehead to prove it, you learn these things if you're all in. You learn these things by experience. You don't talk about things on the sidelines. We need leadership in Washington, D.C., high-energy leadership.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Oh yeah. 600 years ago, i'm telling you what they say on the border. Not in Pensacola, because we don't have a border problem here. I'm talking about the people that are on the ground, what they say. It's not feasible and it would tear apart their community, would hurt their economic activity, and it's not needed because there are better ways to deal with this.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He should be asked, as he was yesterday, how are you going to pay for it? Why don't you -- prove to me it's not practical?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There's going to be all sorts of disasters that take place -- natural disasters, attacks on the homeland -- it's a certainty in an uncertain world that this president and the next president is going to have to confront all sorts of challenges where his leadership or her leadership is going to matter.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I support the 14th Amendment. Nothing about what I've said should be viewed as derogatory towards immigrants at all, i was focusing on a specific targeted kind of case where people are organizing to bring pregnant women into the country, where they're having children so their children can become citizens.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
What I was talking about was the specific case of fraud being committed where there's organized efforts - frankly it's more related to Asian people coming into our country, having children in that organized effort, taking advantage of a noble concept, which is birthright citizenship.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I was focusing on a specific targeted kind of case where people are organizing to bring pregnant women into the country, where they're having children so their children can become citizens.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Yes, they broke the law, but it's not a felony. It's an act of love, it's an act of commitment to your family.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It’s inconceivable that a great deal of the information was unclassified.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
No, I don't. I don't regret it, do you have a better term? OK, you give me, you give me a better term and I'll use it.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Mr. Trump can say that he's for this because people are frustrated that it's abused, but we ought to fix the problem rather than take away rights that are constitutionally in doubt.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
When I watch Jeb Bush a week ago not wanting to fund the women's health issues ... I thought it was terrible.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
People need to stay together in this regard, and, look, I have some personal experience with this as a dad, and it is the most heartbreaking thing in the world to have to go through.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't know exactly what part of the border heroin comes through but it clearly is coming, because the price is extraordinarily low.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's not like pornography where you know it when you see it, but clearly low standards -- you know it. That's what most states have had.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If people don't like Common Core, fine. Just make sure your standards are ... much higher than the ones you had before. We can't keep dumbing down standards.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Last time around, there were candidates that were winning at this point that never even made it to the starting line.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This is not about the big personality in the room ... we need to start solving problems instead of saying how bad things are.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This administration has gotten really hyperactive in expanding dramatically what the definition of federal waters are. To get a permit to put a culvert in for your field? Or to get a permit for a drainage ditch or a drainage pond? they impose their will top down.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't assume it's my way or the highway, i've got deeply held views, but there's a big difference -- I think you can pretty well see it, just in demeanor. I want to broaden out our message to win a larger number of people.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I know in the political context it's a slogan, and should he have apologized? No. If he believes that white lives matter, which I hope he does, then he shouldn't apologize to a group that seemed to disagree with it.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Secretary Kerry's visit is especially insulting for Cuba's dissidents.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
That courageous Cubans whose only crime is to speak out for freedom and democracy will be kept away from the official ceremony opening the U.S. Embassy is yet another concession to the Castros.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
People in communities that had no chance, that were assigned to failing schools, the teachers in those schools were not as good as the teachers that were in other schools, the net result was we had these huge divides, and it's very easy to understand why that exists.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I relate to it by running for president to try and create a climate where there is civility and understanding and to encourage mayors, leaders at the local level to engage so that there is not despair and isolation in communities.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
And then you have Hillary Clinton, who was the secretary of state dealing with confidential information, with classified information, thinking it was OK to use a private server? Thinking that her server would be safer than the State Department's firewalls? we need a president that recognizes there are threats in the 21st century that are dramatically different than of 30 years ago.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I mean, we got problems with our federal government firewalls obviously, but to have a private server in your home, I mean, come on, man, that doesn't pass the smell test.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
So eager to be the history-makers, they failed to be the peacemakers, rushing away from danger can be every bit as unwise as rushing into danger, and the costs have been grievous. Bush, a former two-term governor of Florida, vowed to be.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It should be rejected by the Congress of the United States of America.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Right now, we have around 3,500 soldiers and marines in Iraq, and more may well be needed. We do not need, and our friends do not ask for, a major commitment of American combat forces.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
In all her record-setting travels, she stopped by Iraq exactly once.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Where was Secretary of State Clinton in all of this? Like the president himself, she had opposed the surge, then joined in claiming credit for its success, then stood by as that hard-won victory by American and allied forces was thrown away.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
That is not how we win elections and worse yet, that is not how you bring people together to solve problems, mr. Trump ought to apologize.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Look, you can rewrite history all you want. But the simple fact is that we are in a much more unstable place because American pulled back.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I am who I am. People over the long process are going to want to know: Can the person that we nominate fight with energy? can (they) sit behind the big desk and make decisions in a way that gives them a sense that they can have security? I'm not going to change who I am. It's a little late in the game for me to do that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There were a lot of gotcha questions, they weren't bigger, broader questions, they were smart questions; they were trying to create conflict inside of the 10.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I went on the 'Paleo diet' because I was fat, not because I was in good shape.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I got an email from brother George saying, 'Well done, Tortoise,' that's my new nickname because I told him I'm the tortoise in the race: slow, steady progress. Stay focused, stay steady, do the right thing each and every day.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I respect the guy who is the frontrunner in the Republican nomination, this is a serious thing. But I think to win and to govern the right way we have to unite, rather than divide.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There's no reason to personalize everything, demonize people. but I think her approach -- the top-down, progressive approach where it's all decided from up above and just basically get in line and do what we're told -- is not the one that has created the greatness of the most extraordinary country on the face of the earth.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Just because someone doesn't agree with you on public policy doesn't make them not worthy of our prayer, they are still our brothers and sisters, we are all still children of the same God.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
But I think her approach -- the top-down, progressive approach where it's all decided from up above and just basically get in line and do what we're told -- is not the one that has created the greatness of the most extraordinary country on the face of the earth.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I was referring to the hard-to-fathom $500 million in federal funding that goes to Planned Parenthood -- an organization that was callously participating in the unthinkable practice of selling fetal organs.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Currently, agents have to navigate byzantine environmental rules and regulations to access federal lands, removing these restrictions would help untie the hands of our agents to patrol every inch of the border.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You know, I don't know, but you might as well frontload it if you can, this is a long haul. Are we just supposed to say,' Ok, let's just kind of warm up and work your way into it ? Am I missing something here ? I'm not running to come in third. I'm not running to, you know, have it on my resume that I ran for Michael Lomax.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm playing by the rules of the game the way it's laid out. And if people don't like it. That's just tough.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Look, you can't be everywhere every place, but you need to show a commitment day in and day out.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Maybe this has been going on a long while, but now because we capture everything in the digital world, perhaps that's the reason that there's been a larger number of these things.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I know in the political context it's a slogan, and should he have apologized? No, if he believes that white lives matter, which I hope he does, then he shouldn't apologize to a group that seemed to disagree with it.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I believe that the policy should be that we always want freedom in Cuba, we want democracy to change the relationship, but based on facts. In this case, there aren't even promises that he's received to do this. And dictators are not going to leave quietly at night, they don't leave. We must be vigilant and this president does not recognize that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I believe that the policy should be that we always want freedom in Cuba, we want democracy to change the relationship, but based on facts, in this case, there aren't even promises that he's received to do this. And dictators are not going to leave quietly at night. They don't leave. We must be vigilant and this president does not recognize that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
She's very Mexican and very proud to be Mexican, we eat Mexican food at home, our children are Hispanic, and yes the Hispanic influence is important.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
No, no... I didn't say that, i said we're going to have to reform our entitlement system.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The first thing I saw was a TV ad of a guy that looked just like Paul Ryan ... that was pushing an elderly person off the cliff in a wheelchair. That's their response, i think a lot of people recognize that we need to make sure we fulfill the commitment to people that have already received the benefits, that are receiving the benefits. But that we need to figure out a way to phase out this program for others and move to a new system that allows them to have something, because they're not going to have anything.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It took less than a day for me to be attacked for the very thing that I predicted would happen and that's just ridiculous. We need to have a grown-up conversation about these issues.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If we do nothing that's the burden we're going to place on to your children and grandchildren that you're concerned about and so am I.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think it's time for us to re-evaluate all these programs. Government spends way too much to start with, there should be a thorough review of spending in Washington, D.C., particularly organizations that have a very deep political agenda. And that would be part of my mission as president, as well.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
That is not a compassionate situation. Congress has every right to investigate these abuses.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
No, I’m really kind of saying the system itself is the problem.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
You might want to have your team in place before you take an act like that.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
One thing I won't do is just say as a candidate: 'I'm just going to tear up the agreement on the first day.' That sounds great, but maybe you ought to check in with your allies first.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It seems to me that if you have military bases or recruiting offices, these are symbols of American might, they're targets. This is how you garner attention. You go to places where there is vulnerability and it's a very powerful symbolic attack on our country.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If the Marines were armed ... I think people would have known that, and had they known that, maybe they wouldn't have come in. Who knows? i think it ought to be reviewed, for sure.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
They're targets. This is how you garner attention. You go to places where there is vulnerability and it's a very powerful symbolic attack on our country.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Uber is giving that person a chance to start out and ... fulfill his dream. He wants to be a doctor, and most of these stories are stories that are relevant to people, and that's why I like using them.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If a gay couple comes in and says I want to buy flowers, you should be obligated to sell them flowers. Doing otherwise would be discrimination, but if that couple asked you to participate in the wedding, and you said based on my conscious, 'I shouldn't' or 'I won't,' you should not be fined.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I believe he probably would have won over a whole lot of people in the center and on the right, but he didn't. He moved in a different direction for whatever reason and I think his legacy will be squandered a bit because of that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
To be elected and re-elected in the kind of turbulent times that we're in is to be admired for someone that's running for president.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Ideologically, I don't share much of a philosophy with him. I don't ascribe bad motives. I think his heart is in the right place. I just think his policies are wrong.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It comes down to a choice between the Little Sisters and Big Brother, and I'm going with the Sisters.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't know if he's having success. We'll see in the long haul.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Everybody has a belief that we should control our borders, but to make these extraordinarily kind of ugly comments is not reflective of the Republican Party. Trump is wrong on this.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Clinton and I are getting a little long in the tooth these days, this is the one month of the year that he's older than me.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think the American people expect some sharp elbows in a campaign, i think what really discourages them, post-campaign, is the inability to govern in a way that is congenial.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Workforce participation has to rise from its all-time modern lows.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
You can take it out of context all you want, but high sustained growth means people work 40 hours rather than 30 hours and that by our success they have disposable income for their families to decide how they want to spend it rather than standing in line and being dependent upon government.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
You can love the Mexican culture, you can love your Mexican-American wife and also believe that we need to control the border.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's so easy to create misunderstandings, that we could easily go from being a competitor to ... being challenged in terms of security if we don't stay engaged at every level.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's the most complex -- going forward -- perhaps the most complex, important relationship that the United States has.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Donald Trump is wrong on this, donald Trump's doing this. Donald Trump's not Donald Trump. Don't think Donald Trump thinks every Mexican crossing the border is a rapist. Donald Trump's doing this to inflame and incite and to draw attention, which seems to be Donald Trump organizing principle of Donald Trump campaign.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Trump is wrong on this, he's doing this. He's not a stupid guy. Don't think he thinks every Mexican crossing the border is a rapist. He's doing this to inflame and incite and to draw attention, which seems to be his organizing principle of his campaign.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This is a guy who was a Democrat for most of the last decade. I don't think he represents the Republican Party, and his views are way out of the mainstream of what most Republicans think.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I put them all out because I wanted people to have a window into my leadership style and be able to see for themselves how I handled the issues facing our state.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I want to know ... with absolute certainty ... that they understand the sole role of the judiciary in the states and in the country is to uphold the Constitution of the United States -- no more, no less.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't think it's going to happen. I think we ought to focus just as I said on trying to forge consensus so we can move forward, the courts have decided traditional marriage still is a hugely important element of a just, loving society and we should respect people that have long-term loving relationships and allow people to act on their conscience.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I will work with Congress to repeal and replace this flawed law with conservative reforms that empower consumers with more choices and control over their health care decisions.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If I was President of the United States, that person would be fired, they did not follow up on the inspector general's recommendations to tighten up security to create a stronger firewall.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There's no question that the President and Hillary Clinton have created a maddening situation where hundreds of thousands of people have lost their lives tragically, but we've created such instability by the lack of involvement after we promised to do so, that we have to stick with it. I don't think it's going to take a generation, but we can't expect this to happen in a week, either.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
But I don't get economic policy from my bishops or my cardinals or from my pope.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
In Florida, we acted, moving the flag from the state grounds to a museum where it belonged, i ’m confident [ South Carolina ] will do the right thing.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
In Florida, we acted, moving the flag from the state grounds to a museum where it belonged, i’m confident [South Carolina] will do the right thing.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I hope I'm not going to get castigated for saying this by my priest back home, but I don't get my economic policy from my bishops or my cardinals or my pope.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I'm my own man, my views are shaped by my own thinking and my own experiences.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
In government, if we get a few things right, we can make lives better for millions of people.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't get economic policies from my bishops or my cardinals or my Pope, i think religion ought to be about making us better as people and less about things that end up getting into the political realm.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Women who bring up children by themselves do it heroically, they do it against all odds, men who don't feel responsible for being part of their child's life create real strains on that family.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We (Republicans) also ought to be for replacing it with something that costs less, that adheres to our values, that provides portability, that eliminates the employer mandate, the employee mandate, all of this mind-numbing subsidies that are totally wacky, shifts power back to states.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
In my family, you know, I was brought up not to toot my own horn, i'm not a bragger. It's hard for me to do this. But I can promise you that if I'm elected president I will work hard to change the direction of this country and I do believe I have the leadership skills to make it so. So I'm humbly here to ask for your vote.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm proud that George and [Jeb, Jr.] are actively involved in the campaign, and my advice is have fun, do it with joy in your heart. Don't get too wonky, use the kind of humor that he's got to take me down a notch or two.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Look, the climate is changing, i believe there are technological solutions for just about everything. And I'm sure there's one for this as well. So I respect the Pope, I think he's an incredible leader, but I think it's better to solve this problem in the political realm... I'm a Catholic and I try to follow the teachings of the Church.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm not a bragger. It's hard for me to do this. But I can promise you that if I'm elected president I will work hard to change the direction of this country and I do believe I have the leadership skills to make it so. So I'm humbly here to ask for your vote.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I will campaign as I would serve, going everywhere, speaking to everyone, keeping my word, facing the issues without flinching and staying true to what I believe, i will take nothing and no one for granted. I will run with heart. I will run to win.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Campaigns ought to be about listening and learning and getting better. I do think we've lost our way, i'm not being critical of my party, but campaigns themselves are reflective of this new America.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
As a candidate, I intend to let everyone hear my message, including the many who can express their love of country in a different language.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Knowing what we know now, ... I would not have engaged, i would not have gone into Iraq.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't know if I would be a good candidate or a bad one, but I kinda know how a Republican could win, whether it's me or somebody else, and it has to be much more uplifting, much more positive.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think Putin has changed, for sure. He has changed over time and he has been emboldened by, whether it's true or not, the perception is that we've pulled back, so people do change and this is an example of that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think to deal with Putin, you need to deal from strength. He's a bully, you enable bad behavior when you're nuanced with a guy like that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We need to be more robust, we need to encourage our NATO allies in Europe to invest more in their own national security. We need to do the same In our country. We need to be consistent about what types of actions we will take should there be more aggression.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We need to provide defensive military support. It's hard to make the structural reforms and grow the economy in a world where there is aggression.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think there's lots to do, and we're beginning to realize the 'reset button' didn't turn out so hot.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We all cover this kind of in the here and now, and who's winning and who's losing is important, and I respect that, but if you have a strategy, and you think about it over the long haul, is the better approach at least for me.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
But if you have a strategy, and you think about it over the long haul, is the better approach at least for me.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I kind of know what my job is, it's to develop a message that's hopeful and optimistic about the future of the country, to develop ideas that will give people a sense that they can lift up, and to tell them about my leadership skills to make it so.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There is a high level of trust with the( Estonian) government and that their data will be protected, how we restore trust in government is going to be a great challenge for the next president, for sure.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
And you need to be in order to know how to work with people, how to bring people together. I've done that in New Jersey in a way that lets me get 61% of the vote for re-election, the fact is that people know I know how to bring folks together and how to fight when I need to.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Mitt Romney was a successful, loving, caring, generous man -- and he never showed it, the simple fact is: You're going to get attacked. You have to show who you are first.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
What we need is new leadership that takes conservative principles and applies them so that people can rise up.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think this transition to a candidacy will allow me to be more direct about my advocacy of the leadership skills necessary for the next president to fix a few things, and as a candidate, contrary to someone who has been listening and learning along the way, I'll offer up alternatives to the path we're on as well, so I'll be more specific on policy.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
People make up their minds in the last weeks of these primaries, my expectation is we'll have slow, steady progress. That's been the expectation all along.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's very emotional for me. I love my dad, and called him yesterday and wished him a happy birthday, he's just the greatest man alive, and I'll be thinking of him when I'm announcing my decision.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
And as a candidate, contrary to someone who has been listening and learning along the way, I'll offer up alternatives to the path we're on as well, so I'll be more specific on policy.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I've had a life experience that's full of warts, full of successes.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The EU and the United States have a common interest in the steady opening of markets across the world, that's one reason why we need a serious plan to complete the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Who will say otherwise, as we watch the fate of Ukraine, slowly unfold in tragedy?, our alliance, our solidarity and our actions are essential if we want to preserve the fundamental principles of our international order.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
That's one reason why we need a serious plan to complete the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's hard to imagine my good friend Marco would be critical of his good friend Jeb.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I'm not going to give them any advice. What are you talking about?
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is hard for me, to be honest with you, my brother's not going to be a problem at all. I seek out his advice, I love him dearly, I've learned from his successes and mistakes.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We don't have a strategy right now, we have a series of tactics, reacting to whatever's going on on the ground. That doesn't mean we have to have combat troops in harm's way. But I think ... in concert with other countries, and certainly in an effort to try to restrict Iranian influence in Iraq, that we can play a constructive role.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We need to embed American troops, as we've done successfully in the past, to help train them, to identify targets, to do what we do really well.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Clearly, the number one ally we have in the Middle East is Israel, and we should show our support consistently because if not us, who?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I hope that the Patriot Act is renewed and I hope that the metadata, which is not a violation of civil liberties, is part of that effort to keep us safe because I know what will happen if there's an attack on our country or a terrorist attack from inside our country, a lot of people are going to say, 'Where were you? Where were you?'.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
No one believes that America is there over the long haul, and the net result is they're making decisions that are quite damning.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The next Republican that will win will campaign in the Latino community, will campaign amongst Asian-Americans, will campaign in the black churches, will campaign in college campuses.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
And that's the way it should be. You can do that in New Hampshire, but please make sure you have accountability around students, 'cause the net result is you're going to have a decline.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There's certain core issues that most people want a clear 'yes' or 'no' answer, and I think this is one of those issues. You can't be for it and then also be for state standards, ultimately, he's going to have to make up his mind, especially here in the southern states.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There's got to be a better way, we can't just keep fooling ourselves and just say 'oh it's because ... kids in poverty can't learn'.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He explained it in a way that I wasn't expecting, and I have to kind of chew on it a little bit.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He violated US law. That's why he's living large in Moscow, the land of freedom.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
She's a gift from God, she's the most beautiful woman I've ever met.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I am intrigued by the national expedition of the brain, i will study, ponder and think about that aspiration.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Mitt Romney was a successful, loving, caring, generous man--and he never showed it, the simple fact is: You're going to get attacked. You have to show who you are first.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You got to pop 'em, you got to push back, and then get back to the message that matters.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
My focus will be on not turning back and getting into a food fight with people that might not agree with me completely, put on your big boy pants and take it, you know, when someone doesn't agree with you.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You got to get to 50 - or pretty close to it - to win. And to get to 50 you have to add, not subtract, and so you can't start subtracting in a primary, and then you always have to keep your eye on the fact that while you're doing that you can't be subtracting for the general.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It was transformative, i think we should be striving for Nixon-to-China moments across the board.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Both parties, you can't jam big things down peoples' throats in Washington because of the rules and because of our history, we're just not designed that way.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Go campaign outside your comfort zone, campaign outside of the choir.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Sure, I think that in Washington during my brother's time Republicans spent too much money, he could have brought budget discipline to Washington, D.C..
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Apparently there's a little confusion that all family members are supposed to be clones of one another.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I don't think the science is clear of what percentage is man-made and what percentage is natural. It's convoluted, for the people to say the science is decided on this is really arrogant, to be honest with you.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't think it's the highest priority. I don't think we should ignore it, either, just generally I think as conservatives we should embrace innovation, embrace technology, embrace science. ... Sometimes I sense that we pull back from the embrace of these things. We shouldn't.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We have ground troops in Iraq. I would take the best advice that you could get from the military. Make the decisions based on conditions on the ground, not for some political purpose, whether we need more than 3,000 -- which is what we have now -- I would base that on what the military advisers say.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The focus ought to be on knowing what you know now, Mr. President, should you have kept 10,000 troops in Iraq?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Supreme Court's at the core of the Catholic faith and to imagine how we are going to succeed in our country unless we have committed family life,( a) committed child-centered family system, is hard to imagine, so, irrespective of the Supreme Court ruling because they are going to decide whatever they decide - I don’t know what they are going to do - we need to be stalwart supporters of traditional marriage.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
So, irrespective of the Supreme Court ruling because they are going to decide whatever they decide - I don’t know what they are going to do - we need to be stalwart supporters of traditional marriage.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
A big country, a tolerant country, ought to be able to figure out the difference between discriminating against someone because of their sexual orientation and not forcing someone to participate in a wedding that they find goes against their moral beliefs.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's at the core of the Catholic faith, and to imagine how we are going to succeed in our country unless we have committed family life, a child-centered family system, is hard to imagine.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
What's interesting is that four years ago Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton had the same view that I just expressed to you. It's thousands of years of culture and history is just being changed at warp speed. It's hard to fathom why it is this way.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Some of you may know that W.’s my brother. I’m proud of that, too. Whether people like that or not they’re just going to have to get used to it.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I don't go out of my way to disagree with my brother, i am loyal to him. I don't think it's necessary to go through every place where I disagree with him. As it relates to the Iraq war, I hope I was clearer on where I stood.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I know I'm going to have to get beyond being George H.W. Bush's son and Barbara's son -- for which I'm really proud. And I'm going to get beyond being George W.'s brother for which I am extraordinarily proud as well, there's a lot of interest in finding the ways that we are different and all this. Well, the simple fact is that we're all on our own life's journey -- my brothers and sister are different than me.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If you are not prepared for it, I think we've seen in the past, you are not going to do very, very well, this is a long process.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There's a lot of interest in finding the ways that we are different and all this. Well, the simple fact is that we're all on our own life's journey -- my brothers and sister are different than me.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's very hard for me to say their lives were lost in vain. In fact, they weren't.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't go out of my way to disagree with my brother, i am loyal to him. I don't think it’s necessary to go through every place where I disagree with him.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It’s very hard for me to say that their lives were lost in vain, in fact, they weren't.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Knowing what we know now, I would have not engaged, I would have not gone into Iraq.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Knowing what we now know, I would not have engaged — I would not have gone into Iraq.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We need to get back to 'How do you get to 50?' my focus will be on not turning back and getting into a food fight with people that might not agree with me completely — put on your big boy pants and take it.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Immediately, that void was filled, look, we can rewrite history all you want. But the simple fact is that we are in a much more unstable place because America pulled back.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
No, no I'm not an official candidate, i've been traveling the country for the last three months and making up my mind, trying to determine the support I may have should I go forward.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm running for president in 2016 and the focus is going to be about how we ...
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm running for president in 2016, and the focus is going to be about how we, if I run, how do you create high sustained economic growth.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I would have, and so would have Hillary Clinton, just to remind everybody, and so would almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Yeah, I don't know what that decision would have been -- that's a hypothetical, but the simple fact was, look, mistake were made, as they always are in life. This is not a -- and foreign policy. So we need to learn from the past to make sure we're strong and secure going forward.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't know what that decision would have been. That's a hypothetical.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Clearly, there were mistakes [in] faulty intelligence. My brother has admitted this, and we have to learn from that.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I ’m not Jeb Bush yet, so, polls are – I think everybody needs to take a chill pill on the polls till, till it gets closer.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I was the most successful conservative governor probably during the time that I was there, i can tell that story and I can offer ideas that are about the future and not the past. And I'm energetic and passionate about the things we need to fix.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
By the way, guess who thinks that those mistakes took place as well? George W. Bush, yes, I mean, so just for the news flash to the world, if they're trying to find places where there's big space between me and my brother, this might not be one of those.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I would have [authorized the invasion] and so would have Hillary Clinton, just to remind everybody, and so would almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Do you want people to just bend with the wind, to mirror people's sentiment, whoever's in front of you? 'Oh yes, I used to be for that, but now I'm for this' -- is that the way we want to elect presidents?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
By the way, guess who thinks that those mistakes took place as well? George W. Bush, yes, I mean, so just for the news flash to the world, if they’re trying to find places where there’s big space between me and my brother, this might not be one of those.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I would have [authorized the invasion], and so would have Hillary Clinton, just to remind everybody. And so would almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I don't know about you, but I'm betting that when it comes to doing the right and good thing, the Little Sisters of the Poor know better than the regulators at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
All of these government programs should shift to the person who's receiving the benefit and they should be empowered to have more choices, rather than be told what line you get into.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Governor Bush is not a candidate for office, we are taking a conservative approach and fully complying with the law in all activities that Governor Bush is engaging in on the political front, and will continue to do so.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't think you need to spend a billion dollars to be elected president of the United States in 2016, i don't think it's necessary if you run the right kind of campaign.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I admire her a lot for doing what she did, that was [a] pretty nice visual symbol for what needs to be restored.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
But, on the other hand, I think if I go beyond the consideration, I'll count on the good wisdom and directness of my mom to help me communicate directly with people. She's pretty good at that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
In the meantime the governor and the mayor need to protect law-abiding citizens.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This should be a question of self-determination, that's just a question of principle and morality, I think. It's not a question of politics.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I learned how to organize intensely, here. I learned the passion. I learned how to drink a lot of Puerto Rican rum, i had a blast. It was great.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
A lot of it is just connecting on a human level with people, not being behind some protective shield, campaigning in a way where you're outside your own comfort zone. Taking questions, not having it all scripted out, not having it all part of some narrative that producers made. Be more spontaneous.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I know how to win a primary, I think. But the easy way to win a primary is the hard way to win a general. So you have to be true yourself.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I would say the best part of the Obama administration has been his continuance of the protections of the homeland using the big metadata programs, the NSA being enhanced, even though he never defends it, even though he never admits it, there has been a continuation of a very important service, which is the first obligation of our national government is to keep us safe.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I would say the best part of the Obama administration would be his continuance of the protections of the homeland using, you know, the big metadata programs, the NSA being enhanced, even though he never defends it, even though he never openly admits it, there has been a continuation of a very important service, which is the first obligation I think of our national government is to keep us safe.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Like a lot of us, Jeb has struggled with his weight at times. I'm slightly irritated that I seem to have found every pound he's lost, iT'S JUST A FAD.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's been 20 years now since NAFTA was put into effect, we need to be talking to our neighbors about what the next generation of NAFTA will look like.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I’m not a candidate, and if I am a candidate, this is a long journey.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Our enemies need to fear us, a little bit, just enough for them to deter the actions that create insecurity.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I think we need to raise the retirement age, not for people that are already nearing, receiving Social Security, or already on it, but raise it gradually, over a long period of time for people that are just entering the system. And I think we need to do that in relatively short order.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Well that's my job. My job is to not back down on my beliefs. Charles, hopefully you liked some of the other stuff I said. I'm marking you down as neutral on the immigration one, i respect your view but I don't have to agree to it.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Seems like the President's approach is that you have one-part political hack and one-part academic, what about practical people? What about people that actually have life experiences?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Look, the climate is changing, obviously it's changing. Down where I live...in a place where you're pretty close to sea level, a couple of inches starts having an impact.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
That concept's been challenged tonight after I've had my blueberry pie, if I had had vanilla ice cream on top of it, I probably would have never gone back.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The idea that Cuba is off the terrorist list is kind of interesting since they harbor terrorists.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I have to prove that I'm not running for president -- if I go beyond the consideration of this to being an active candidate -- to try to break the tie between the Adams family and the Bush family, that really isn't my motivation -- but I have to prove that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You shouldn't have to choose between being attacked or going to jail.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Why don't you focus more on keeping weapons out of the hands of Islamic terrorists and less on keeping weapons out of the hands of law-abiding Americans ?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
In Florida you can defend yourself anywhere you have a legal right to be, you shouldn't have to choose between being attacked and going to jail.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You shouldn't have to choose between being attacked and going to jail. we were often the model...because in Florida we protected people's rights to protect themselves.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We were often the model...because in Florida we protected people's rights to protect themselves.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This is simply allowing people of faith space to be able to express their beliefs -- to be able to be people of conscience, i think once the facts are established, people aren't going to see this as discriminatory at all.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
When I was born in Midland, Texas ... my little eyes opened and there I was, probably crying and trying to get a little oxygen, i looked up and Barbara Bush was there. I didn't know it at the time, but I won the lottery.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You don't abandon your core beliefs, you go try to persuade people as I'm doing now, i think you need to be genuine. I think you need to have a backbone.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I actually stopped by Kohl's and bought this sweater in the rack where it's 70% off, and we paid one dollar for it with our Kohl's Cash ... so, living the high life.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I have every bit of faith that businesses can continue to compete and continue to do well without having to go on bended knee asking for subsidies, asking for special favors, i think that's how we got in this problem to begin win.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's something I'm willing to go forward on, continuing the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I just love the state. I really had a good time, and my dad won, which was a spectacular experience.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There's a lot of things we need to restore, this President -- and by the way his former secretary of state -- have let us down in this regard.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Most of that time, at least the beginning of it, was right here in Iowa. And it was a blast.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Hillary Clinton should release Hillary Clinton emails. Hopefully Hillary Clinton hasn't already destroyed them, jeb Bush believes transparency is a critical part of public service and of governing. That's why Jeb Bush recently launched www.jebemails.com.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I know there's disagreement here, the simple fact is that there is no plan to deport 11 million people. We should give them a path to legal status where they work...and contribute to our society.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The simple fact is there is no plan to deport 11 million people, we should give them a path to legal status where they work, where they don’t receive government benefits … where they learn English and where they make a contribution to our society.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The role of the federal government, if any, is to create more school choice.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
There is no plan to deport 11 million people, the plan also includes a path to legal status.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm marking you down as a neutral and I want to be your second choice if I decide to go beyond this.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's good to oppose the bad things. We need to start being for things.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's easy to talk about it, i hope you believe that you want someone who has the proven leadership skills to make it happen.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
If you apply conservative principles and you stick with it, and you have the leadership skills to bring people toward the cause, you can move the needle on these things, i reject the notion that we can't solve problems, that the gridlock is too enormous to forge consensus. It requires some creativity to get to a win for everybody.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Everybody who aspires to high positions of leadership in their state and in their country should be willing to take unscreened, unrehearsed questions from the people who pay their salary.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We saw Venezuela moving away from United States as part of the so-called nonaligned nations movement, and I represented the bank in the Andean Pact countries, and many of them were pulling away as well.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I lived overseas in the Carter era when we saw firsthand what it was like to see the United States, this incredible country, lose respect of countries because of a weak and vacillating foreign policy.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
No, he isn't. But I think we have to be practical, we have to balance our belief in liberty with a belief that security and engagement will create the possibilities for the Egyptians to garner more freedom.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He gave this incredible speech about Muslim extremism, and saying it's the responsibility of the Arab world to step up to fight this; that the first risks are for countries like Egypt.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I love my father and my brother. I admire their service to the nation and the difficult decisions they had to make, but I am my own man.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This administration talks, but the words fade, they draw red lines, and then erase them. With grandiosity they announce resets and then disengage. Hashtag campaigns replace actual diplomacy and engagement.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The great irony of the Obama presidency is this, someone who came to office, promising greater engagement with the world has left America less influential in the world, everywhere you look, you see the world slipping out of control.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Under this administration, we are inconsistent and indecisive. We have lost the trust and confidence of our friends. We definitely no longer inspire fear in our enemies.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Our security, and our prosperity, and our values demand that we remain engaged and involved in -- often distant places.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I love my brother, I love my dad, actually love my mother as well, hope that's ok. And I admire their service to the nation and the difficult decisions they had to make.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm surprised that the administration is upset to hear from a close and valuable ally on such a sensitive topic, if we want to build confidence and trust...we have to listen.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
With grandiosity, they announce resets and disengage, hashtag campaigns replace actual diplomacy and engagement. Personal diplomacy and maturity is replaced by leaks and personal disparagement.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
But I am my own man, and my views are shaped by my own thinking and own experiences. Each president learns from those who came before -- their principles... their adjustments. One thing we know is this: Every president inherits a changing world... and changing circumstances.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The notion that somehow you're going to have freedom just kind of outbreak in Cuba, I think is false.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The United States has an undiminished ability to shape events and build alliances of free people, we can project power and enforce peaceful stability in far-off areas of the globe.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We have to be engaged, and that doesn't necessarily mean boots on the ground in every case.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Our problems are still so big in illiteracy that it doesn't matter what your last name is.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We have to be engaged. And that doesn't necessarily mean boots on the ground in every occurrence.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I am for creating real restrictions on the federal government's role in this so you can alleviate people's fears that you're going to have some kind of control by the federal government of content, of curriculum, or even standards, i'm against all that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He assumed that they all had the same mentality. They don't. A lot of people in that 47% are very anxious to experience the American dream.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The recovery has been everywhere but in the family paychecks, the opportunity gap is the defining issue of our time.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I know some in the media think conservatives don't care about the cities, but they're wrong. We believe that every American and in every community has a right to pursue happiness.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
One -- the desire to win. It's lonely sticking your head through the White House gate and wondering what's going on, eight years in exile is a long time. And so I think there will be some discipline to be able to recognize how important this race is for the future of the country.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This should be the lowest-hanging fruit, to be honest with you, because this is a huge opportunity. Immigration is not a problem, we need young, dynamic people that can make an immediate contribution to our economy. We shouldn't be fearful of this, we should say, 'What an incredible opportunity.'.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's an economic development issue for sure, but it's also I think the great moral issue of our time.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If Americans are working harder than ever earning less than they once did, our government and our leaders should step up, offer a plan, fix what's wrong -- or they should step aside, the recovery has been everywhere but in the family paychecks. The American Dream has become a mirage for far too many.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The recovery has been everywhere but in American paychecks. The American Dream has become a mirage for far too many. So the central question we face here in Detroit and across America is this : Can we restore The American Dream -- that moral promise -- that each generation can do better ? we believe that every American and in every community has a right to pursue happiness. They have a right to rise.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Immigration's not a problem, while the political fights are going on we're missing this opportunity.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The American experience works when people embrace a set of shared values, you come, you work hard, you embrace these values and you're as American as anybody that came on the Mayflower.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The troubles of Detroit are echoes of the troubles facing Washington, D.C..
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Let's embrace reform everywhere, especially in our government. Let's start with the simple principle of who holds the power. I say give Washington less and give states and local governments more.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
And you know what will happen ? We'll create a whole lot of new conservatives.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I've never felt like the sins of the parents should be ascribed to the children, you know, if your children always have to pay the price for adults decisions they make — how fair is that? For people who have no country to go back to — which are many of the DREAMers — it's ridiculous to think that there shouldn't be some accelerated path to citizenship.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It just seems to me that maybe if you open up our doors in a fair way and unleashed the spirit of peoples' hard work, Detroit could become in really short order, one of the great American cities again, now it would look different, it wouldn't be Polish...But it would be just as powerful, just as exciting, just as dynamic. And that's what immigration does and to be fearful of this, it just seems bizarre to me.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't believe you outsource your principles and convictions to people.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I think [candidate quality] is very important, especially given the fact that we have the Senate and we'll want to make sure that we maintain it — and we have a map with a lot of Republican senators who are up for reelection in purple or blue states that Obama won.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
For a short-term solution to a problem that had global implication, I think that was probably the right thing to do.
Found on CNN 10 years ago
I don't think we should be negotiating with a repressive regime.
Found on CNN 10 years ago
I'll let people make up their mind, there’s some funny ones. There’s some sad ones. There’s some serious ones.
Found on Reuters 10 years ago
I don't know if I'd be a good candidate or bad, i know a Republican can win, whether it's me or somebody else.
Found on FOX News 10 years ago
I know a Republican can win, whether it's me or somebody else.
Found on FOX News 10 years ago
He's seen what it's like to be the son of a president. He's seen what it's like to be the brother of a president, and therefore he's being very -- he is not rushing into running for the presidency. I have no clue where his head is now.
Found on CNN 10 years ago
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