George W. Bush: “I want to thank you for representing the highest ideals of our Nation.”

what America does for itself has made it strong--but what America does for others has made it great.

Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you.

Being your President was a high privilege, and the honor of a lifetime.

I applaud your Governor's response to that tragedy.