George W. Bush: “The path isn't always easy, as any free people can testify, yet there's reason for confidence.”

If any voters came hoping for a kind word and a hug, they’d have to settle for the kind word.

History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation – a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position.

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.

Those who have lost their precious children are facing a grief no parents should ever know.