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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.

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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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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You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
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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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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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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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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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I'm a little old-fashioned.
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Show me a wife who doesn't offer advice and I'll show you one who doesn't care very much.
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