George W. Bush: “Your forces are serving alongside U.S. and coalition forces helping to train the armed forces of a free Afghanistan.”

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

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 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.

Seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many.