George W. Bush: “Every child matters; every child can be educated; and we must quit this business of just simply giving up on children…”

Is it in our interest that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is. On behalf of a grateful nation, thank you for your hard work and God bless you.

seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many.

To you and the honored dead, our country is forever grateful.

We learned that bravery is more common than we imagined, emerging with sudden splendor in the face of death.