I've been so blessed to be part of a family that has dedicated its life to public service.

You focus on the things that you can control, and that's what I'm doing.

Treating people fairly and with civility is not a bad thing... It would be good for our country if political leaders actually took that to heart.

And we should be a welcoming nation. Our identity is not based on race or ethnicity, it's based on a set of shared values. That's American citizenship.

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

I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.

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

If we don't empower families to be able to have a quality education, then their children - for the first time in American history, truly the first time - will not have the same economic opportunities.

I'm getting nervous to be called a centrist. Breaking out in a rash.

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.

I have never wavered from my intention to advance the cause of diversity in new and more effective ways.

A four percent growth strategy means you fix a convoluted tax code. You get in and you change every aspect of regulations that are job killers. You get rid of Obamacare and replace it with something that doesn't suppress wages and kill jobs.

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

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.

Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.

Everything's viewed with a political lens in Washington, and that's just the nature of the beast, and it is what it is.

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

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

You have to remember that in a state like Florida, independent voters will decide the election.

If you have to deal with our friends at ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it's like a Kafka novel. Files just disappear.

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

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

Apparently there are some Democratic leaders in the Senate that are running for office who now believe in tax cuts.

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

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.

Immigration is as much about the American experience and the values we share, and a lot more about economics than it is about politics.

If we are going to compete in this world we're in today, there is no possible way we can do it with lowering expectations and dumbing down everything. Children are going to suffer, and families' hearts are going to be broken that their kids won't be able to get a job in the 21st Century.

Look, I am in the establishment because my dad, the greatest man alive was president of the United States and my brother, who I adore as well as fantastic brother was president. Fine, I'll take it. I guess I'm part of the establishment Barbara Bush is my mom. I'll take that, too.

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

Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity.

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

People are moping around and I think campaigns can be about lifting the spirits of the American people.

We had rising student achievement across the board because high standards, robust accountability, ending social promotion in third grade, real school choice across the board, challenging the teachers union and beating them is the way to go.

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

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

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.

The GOP should be the GSP: the Grand Solutions Party. It should be about solutions, not talking points.

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

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

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

The Common Core State Standards are more rigorous standards than the great majority of states had in place previously.

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

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

We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis.

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

Our economy grew at double the rate of the nation. We created 1.3 million jobs. We led the nation seven out of those eight years. We were only one of two states that went to AAA bond rating. I cut taxes, $19 billion. If you do that and apply conservative principles the right way, you create an environment where everybody rises up.

There are people who believe in expanding the welfare state across the spectrum of races and ethnicities and creeds.

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

Our children can achieve great things when we set high expectations for them.

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