Dad’s astute knowledge of foreign policy impressed Gorbachev during the time of the Berlin Wall when Dad refused to gloat during the reunification of Germany. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
Access to a quality education in our country is a civil right for all Americans young and old. But to ensure it for scores of our fellow Americans, we must rethink education. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
Know thyself. Remain steadfast. Follow your dreams. These are great directives and perfectly fitting for graduates. But reality is that achieving dreams takes a solid education – education that remains elusive for too many Americans. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
I just didn’t have the desire to run for political office. There are other things that I like to do, and it just wasn’t my choice. But if it had been my choice, I certainly would have done it. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
What Dad’s taught me is that life doesn’t end when you get to be in your 70s and your 80s, and he has a philosophy of life that just – ‘What more can I do? How can I help?’ Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
It’s easy to be popular when you don’t make the decisions a president makes. And it’s easy to be unpopular when you’re the president because you’re making decisions that at the time might seem unpopular; but when historians sort it out, it changes. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
When I heard Jeb was running, I first thought, ‘Wow, I’m not sure I could go through another campaign,’ but Jeb is so smart. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
For me, politics is personal because it’s my family, and just being aware of my thoughts – are my thoughts productive? Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
Both the quantity and quality of the words children hear during their first three years of life make an enormous difference in how prepared they are to start school, and ultimately, their long-term achievement. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
Reading to babies creates such a special parent-child bond and so strongly influences a child’s language skills that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that doctors and nurses routinely discuss it with parents during pediatric visits. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
