George W. Bush: “We all want, which is energy security.”

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.

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.

It has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your President.