George W. Bush: “Ultimately the character of America will be determined by your willingness to serve a cause larger than yourselves.”

Today, we remember your loss, we share your sorrow and we honor the men and women that you have loved so long and so well.

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

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.