George W. Bush: “NATO is the most effective multilateral organization in the world and the most important military alliance in history.”

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

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

seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many.

Is it in our interest that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is. On behalf of a grateful nation, thank you for your hard work and God bless you.