Some texts from The President's Address to the nation:

=for all the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States: America is grateful for a job well done.

=When Iraqi civilians looked into the faces of our servicemen and women, they saw strength, and kindness, and good will. When I look at the members of the United States military, I see the best of our country, and I am honored to be your commander-in-chief.

=In the images of falling statues, we have witnessed the arrival of a new era.

=Men and women in every culture need liberty like they need food, and water, and air. Everywhere that freedom arrives, humanity rejoices. And everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

=The transition from dictatorship to democracy will take time, but it is worth every effort.

=Our coalition will stay until our work is done. Then we will leave, and we will leave behind a free Iraq.

=The Battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September 11th, 2001, and still goes on.

=In the Battle of Afghanistan, we destroyed the Taliban, many terrorists, and the camps where they trained.

=From Pakistan to the Philippines to the Horn of Africa, we are hunting down Al Qaeda killers.

=The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We have removed an ally of Al Qaeda, and cut off a source of terrorist funding. And this much is certain: No terrorist network will gain weapons of mass destruction from the Iraqi regime, because that regime is no more.

=We have not forgotten the victims of September 11th -- the last phone calls, the cold murder of children, the searches in the rubble. With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.

=Our mission continues. Al Qaeda is wounded, not destroyed. The scattered cells of the terrorist network still operate in many nations, and we know from daily intelligence that they continue to plot against free people.

= No act of the terrorists will change our purpose, or weaken our resolve, or alter their fate. Their cause is lost. Free nations will press on to victory.

=Their final act on this earth was to fight a great evil, and bring liberty to others. All of you -- all in this generation of our military -- have taken up the highest calling of history.

=And wherever you go, you carry a message of hope, a message that is ancient, and ever new. In the words of the prophet Isaiah: "To the captives, 'Come out,' and to those in darkness, 'Be free.'"

=Thank you for serving our country and our cause. God bless you all, and may God bless America