Jeb Bush

Being against other people's policies eventually puts you in a downward spiral. It's fine to be principled and oppose views that you don't agree with, but you also have to have an alternative.

I miss being governor.

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

If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society.

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.

Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned.

I want my voice to have purpose.

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

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.

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.

I think life is precious from beginning to end.

I have a blessed life.