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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.

Barbara Bush

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Barbara Bush
Age: 92 †
Born: 1925
Born: June 8
Died: 2018
Died: April 17
Former First Lady Of The United States
Politician
Manhattan borough
New York City
Barbara Pierce Bush
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Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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I think a lot of our problems are because people don't listen to our children. It is not always easy. They're not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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I'm a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.
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You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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And who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President's spouse. I wish him well!
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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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I'm not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I'm saying that if you opt for children - be you man or woman - you have to take care of them.
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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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Your success as a family... our success as a nation... depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
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. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . every one of us can contribute in some way to a better-educated America.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
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Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
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I'm a little old-fashioned.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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