George W. Bush: “I want to thank you for the importance that you've shown for education and literacy.”

To you and the honored dead, our country is forever grateful.

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.

That is the America I know.

We learned that bravery is more common than we imagined, emerging with sudden splendor in the face of death.