George W. Bush: “Laura and I are grateful for Pete's service to our Nation.”

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

If any voters came hoping for a kind word and a hug, they’d have to settle for the kind word.

You've showed the great strength of America through your work—and that is your good heart.

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.