George W. Bush: “Americans believe that freedom is the deepest need and hope of every heart.”

You've showed the great strength of America through your work—and that is your good heart.

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

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

The actions taken by my Administration in response to the financial crisis have laid the groundwork for a return to economic growth and job creation.