Full Text of President George W. Bush's Farewell Address

President George W. Bush delivers his farewell address to the nation Thursday evening, Jan. 15, 2009, from the East Room of the White House, thanking the American people for their support and trust. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

From The L.A. Times:

(UPDATE: The President made very few minor changes to the prepared text in his actual delivery. We've made the changes in boldface below. President-elect Obama did not watch the speech live at Blair House, the presidential guest residence across Pennsylvania Avenue where he and his family are residing until they move to the big house Tuesday; Obama went out to dinner just as Bush's remarks were beginning in the East Room.)

Here's the prepared text of the Farewell Address to the nation by the 43rd president to be given in a few minutes from the White House. His audience in the East Room includes family, friends, Cabinet and some selected Americans the President has met in his eight years in office (We'll have a list of them here later. And BTW, we had a fun look at past presidential farewells here earlier today.):

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