George W. Bush: “My first responsibility as your President is to protect the American people.”

History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation – a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position.

The creativity, ingenuity, and resourcefulness of the American people is our country's greatest strength.

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

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