In his farewell address to the nation on January 15, 2009, President Bush said: “Like all who have held this office before me, I have experienced setbacks. There are things I would do differently if given the chance. Yet I’ve always acted with the best interests of our country in mind. I have followed my conscience and done what I thought was right. You may not agree with some of the tough decisions I have made. But I hope you can agree that I was willing to make the tough decisions.”
– Deepak Tripathi, Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pages 139-140