George W. Bush: “It is right and fitting that it is here we pay our respects.”

The actions taken by my Administration in response to the financial crisis have laid the groundwork for a return to economic growth and job creation.

The creativity, ingenuity, and resourcefulness of the American people is our country's greatest strength.

This is not mere nostalgia, it is the truest version of ourselves.

Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you.