George W. Bush: “This bill spends too much.”

History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation – a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position.

That is the America I know.

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.