If you had to pick the values that would be held dear to a broad number of Hispanic voters, access to opportunity would be a higher value than guarantee of security, particularly amongst the newly arrived, meaning the last 20 years.
— Jeb Bush
As governor, I saw the link between economic prosperity and the ability to acquire knowledge.
Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned.
You have to remember that in a state like Florida, independent voters will decide the election.
I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party.
It's a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and then you have all the amateur psychology that goes on when people try to speculate about motivations.
Any time an elected official in the world we're in today that appears so dysfunctional challenges a core constituency not of their opponent but of their own political base, I think we should pause and give them credit.
Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.
I reject the notion that a high turnout helps Senator Kerry. I think in Florida at least, it's going to help President Bush because we have gotten more registered voters than the Democrats, and our base is just fired up - thanks to your help and a lot of others.
We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis.
Florida is a place of unparalleled diversity of backgrounds, experiences and vision. It makes our culture unique, but it can also make it difficult to define a common identity and create a sense of community that reaches beyond our neighborhoods to all corners of our state.
There are people who believe in expanding the welfare state across the spectrum of races and ethnicities and creeds.
I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.
I think the voters can make up their own minds.
Candidates are making lasting impressions on voters, not just primary voters, in how they campaign.
There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.
I have a blessed life in so many ways.
I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism.
People with deep faith and big hearts are concerned, as I am about the circumstance that Ms. Schiavo is in. I want them to know I will do what I can, but there are limits to what any particular person - irrespective of the title they currently hold - can do.
I have never wavered from my intention to advance the cause of diversity in new and more effective ways.
Florida has its own rhythm, too. People go to work, they watch their children learn and grow and start families of their own. They play in the sun and pass their lives enjoying the outsized blessings that make our state unique.
We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important questions, and we welcome community and faith based organizations as partners to serve the needs of Florida families.
There's a direct link between percentage of young people that are educated and how we live our lives.
You focus on the things that you can control, and that's what I'm doing.
You have to maintain your principles but have a broader appeal.
My guess is my brother would call his mom and his dad pretty regularly, a lot more than I probably did.
I really think that elected officials should be focused on how you create sustained economic growth, how do you create jobs and all of these issues that made people - segments of our society believe are really important are diversions politically.
I had the chance to be governor for eight years and I took a year to transition out and a year to transition in, so that's a decade of my life where I pursued my own ambitions and I thought it was time to rearrange my life to focus on other things.
Apparently there are some Democratic leaders in the Senate that are running for office who now believe in tax cuts.
If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society.
But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives.
Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the beauty of the stars?
