George W. Bush: “Government can hand out money, but it can't put hope in a person's heart or a sense of purpose in a person's life.”

For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your President. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence—a time set apart.

We are very pleased that Alan Lowe has been selected by the National Archives and Records Administration as the director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

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

You've showed the great strength of America through your work—and that is your good heart.