By the time he arrived in Texas – via the red 1947 Studebaker Dad’s parents gave him as a graduation gift – he was ready for the challenge of making his way in the oil business. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
My grandfather was a popular senator, known as an advocate for fiscal responsibility, including the line-item veto for the president. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
I think my dad’s done a great job of letting others have their turn when his term was over and not being out there grandstanding and trying to say, ‘Well, this is what I think, and I need to get the news and be on the news and’ – he’s not like that. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
My grandfather Prescott passed down the idea that you would only run for office after you had built a financial base – then it was time to give back and go into public service. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
What a difficult time that must have been for my mother, only twenty-four years old, grieving for her mother, giving birth to her own daughter. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
No one knows exactly when I got the nickname Doro, but I’ve been called that as long as anyone can remember. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
Politics lasts only so long – though today it’s getting harder to tell where the campaigning stops and the governing begins. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
Doing what you thought was right for the country, rather than what was politically expedient, seems almost as quaint now as having civil disagreements with those whose viewpoints differ from your own. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
As more time passes, people see my father for what he is – one of the last of a generation who went into government to answer a call to public service rather than to pursue a career in politics. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
Life after the White House found Dad enjoying having his grandchildren around and letting go of all the enormous burden he shouldered throughout his public life. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
