George W. Bush: “I want to thank those of you who have given of your hard-earned money to help these folks.”

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

Violence and vitriol must be purged from the public square. Members of other political parties are not our enemies; they are our fellow citizens.

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

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