George W. Bush: “We will transform these systems so that all citizens are equipped, prepared -- and thus truly free -- to make your own…”

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.

Those who have lost their precious children are facing a grief no parents should ever know.

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.

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