George W. Bush: “There's no need to negotiate.”

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

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.

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

I have decided that it is necessary to include these rules of origin.