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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house

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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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 abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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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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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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it's not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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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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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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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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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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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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