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Dorothy Bush Koch
American
Author
Born:
Aug 18
,
1959
Because
Dad
Life
Politics
Time
You
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For me, politics is personal because it's my family, and just being aware of my thoughts - are my thoughts productive?
Dorothy Bush Koch
Politics
Family
Me
Thoughts
Because
Personal
Just
Being
Productive
Aware
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
Time
You
Changes
President
Out
Easy
Unpopular
Seem
Make
Sort
Because
Makes
Making
Making Decisions
Historians
Decisions
Might
Popular
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
Great
News
Job
Think
Others
Say
Out
Great Job
He
Over
Term
Like
Well
His
Get
Trying
Done
Being
Turn
Dad
Letting
Need
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
Political
Other
Run
Would
Had
Like
Been
Office
Done
Just
Choice
Certainly
Things
Desire
The traditional path to making a name for yourself in our family is running for elective office, and I couldn't do that because, for one thing, all the really good offices were taken.
Dorothy Bush Koch
Good
Family
Yourself
Path
Our
One Thing
Running
Taken
Name
Because
Making
Traditional
Were
Office
Offices
Really
Elective
Thing
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
Education
Dreams
Great
Reality
Too
Elusive
Solid
Follow
Follow Your Dreams
Steadfast
Directive
Remain
Remains
Takes
Perfectly
Thyself
Know
Know Thyself
Fitting
American
Graduates
Achieving
Your
Your Dreams
Many
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
Education
Quality
Old
Country
Young
Our
Ensure
All Americans
Must
Civil
Rethink
Fellow
Fellow Americans
Quality Education
Access
Scores
American
Right
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
Politics
Service
Government
Time
Generation
People
Father
See
Rather
More
Pursue
He
Call
Answer
Passes
Time Passes
Than
Public
Who
Public Service
Last
Career
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
Remember
Long
Exactly
No-One
Knows
Got
Been
Anyone
Nickname
Without question, my grandfather's example of public service throughout his life inspired Dad later to run for office himself. Wherever he went, whatever he did, Prescott Bush had plenty of admirers.
Dorothy Bush Koch
Life
Service
Example
Whatever
Later
Plenty
Run
Admirers
Inspired
Throughout
Had
He
Himself
Without
His
Question
Office
Did
Wherever
Public
Bush
Grandfather
Public Service
Dad
My grandfather was a popular senator, known as an advocate for fiscal responsibility, including the line-item veto for the president.
Dorothy Bush Koch
Responsibility
President
Known
Advocate
Fiscal
Fiscal Responsibility
Senator
Veto
Grandfather
Popular
Including
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