George W. Bush: “We have a solemn duty as a United States Government to protect the American people from harm.”

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

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

We know our words cannot help, but we believe the prayers of so many Americans will.

It has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your President.