George W. Bush: “Seventy percent of all new jobs in America are created by small-business owners.”

We learned that bravery is more common than we imagined, emerging with sudden splendor in the face of death.

Being your President was a high privilege, and the honor of a lifetime.

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.

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