George W. Bush: “Listen, we thank you.”

On this day of prayer, Laura and I are holding up our fellow Texans who are hurting.

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.

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.

What America does for itself has made it strong--but what America does for others has made it great.