1. Barbara Bush was as authentic as her pearls were fake

From The Washington Post: "The matriarch of a presidential family could just as easily have stood on her own."

2. Mrs. No-Nonsense

From The New York Times: "Barbara Bush gave it to you with the bark off. But when you earned her affection, it meant all the more. You knew it was real."

3. The depth of Barbara Bush's heart will endure in all of us

From Dallas News: "Anyone who doubts that Barbara Pierce Bush was a force in her own right never saw her speak live."

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney — pictured during a hearing Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 — has cleared the way for Georgia's State Election Board to obtain Fulton ballots and other documents from the 2020 election. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney — pictured during a hearing Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 — has cleared the way for Georgia's State Election Board to obtain Fulton ballots and other documents from the 2020 election. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Credit: Arvin Temkar/AJC