George W. Bush: “Same to you, sir, and I wish everybody a happy Saint Patrick's Day as well.”

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

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.

Seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many.

If any voters came hoping for a kind word and a hug, they’d have to settle for the kind word.