George W. Bush: “When I took office, our country was facing a troubling rate of drug use among young people.”

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.

I applaud your Governor's response to that tragedy.

Violence and vitriol must be purged from the public square. Members of other political parties are not our enemies; they are our fellow citizens.

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