George W. Bush: “The United States is grateful to the U.N. and to every person and every nation that has joined this cause.”

The American economy has consistently proven its strength and resilience in the face of shocks such as natural disasters, high energy prices, and the terrorist attacks of September 11.

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

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

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