George W. Bush: “I want you to know how grateful I am for your service and sacrifice and how proud I am to be your Commander in Chief.”

I applaud your Governor's response to that tragedy.

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

If any voters came hoping for a kind word and a hug, they’d have to settle for the kind word.

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.