George W. Bush: “We'll be competitive if we keep taxes low and be wise about how we spend your money.”

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

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.

Mr. Wyeth captured America in his paintings of his native Pennsylvania and Maine.

That is the America I know.