George W. Bush: “Democracies tend not to fight each other because democracies respond to the will of the people.”

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.

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

I have confidence in the promise of America because I know the character of our people.

We know our words cannot help, but we believe the prayers of so many Americans will.