George W. Bush: “Today, Americans have many reasons to be optimistic about our economic future.”

Being your President was a high privilege, and the honor of a lifetime.

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.

The actions taken by my Administration in response to the financial crisis have laid the groundwork for a return to economic growth and job creation.