George Bush actually said...

When the sun sets tonight off the coast of California and we lay to rest our 40th president, a great American story will close.

We know, as he always said, that America's best days are ahead of us, but with Ronald Reagan's passing some very fine days are behind us and...

As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.

As he showed what a president should be, he also showed us what a man should be.