George W. Bush: “I really do want to thank you, and I want to thank the people of Bucharest for their patience.”

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.

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

I have confidence in the promise of America because I know the character of our people.

The battles waged by our troops are part of a broader struggle between two dramatically different systems.