George W. Bush: “He wants Republican candidates to win.”

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.

To you and the honored dead, our country is forever grateful.

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.