George W. Bush: “With all these steps, we're helping defeat the forces of violent extremism by offering a more hopeful vision of freedom.”

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.

We are heartbroken by the loss of life and the agony so many are feeling.

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.