George W. Bush: “Holland is a free country. It's a country where the people get to decide the policy.”

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

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.

We know our words cannot help, but we believe the prayers of so many Americans will.

On behalf of the American people, Laura and I offer our sincere condolences to Betsy and the Wyeth family.