George W. Bush: “The United States welcomes the release from house arrest of Burma's Nobel laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.”

This is not mere nostalgia, it is the truest version of ourselves.

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.

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.

Seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many.