George W. Bush: “Leave with one thing in mind: The United States is committed, and we're firm in our commitments to deal with energy…”

We are heartbroken by the loss of life and the agony so many are feeling.

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.

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