George W. Bush: “I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency with respect to Sierra Leone and Liberia.”

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.

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

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

America has gone more than seven years without another terrorist attack on our soil. This is a tribute to those who toil night and day to keep us safe.