i'm jeanine pirro advocating for truth, justice and the american way. see you next saturday. >> i think historians will say we did pretty well. and that's all right for me. i'm not in any rush. ♪ ♪ >> we met at a dance. first person ever kiss me. i almost fainted. >> he packed up mother and me and movedke out to odessa, texa. i always have admired him for his pioneering spirit. >> our dad is probably the sweetest person you would ever meet. very thoughtful, kind and good, and old-fashioned. >> it's amazing how we lift people not only by example but

by his actions. >> he's modest. there's a difference. h he's not perfect, no one is, but amazingly, he's as close as you can get. >> only that to catch baseball ten straight times behind his back and he was a cool dad. >> the family of the 41st president of the united states shares intimate stories only they can tell. welcome too a bush family album, i'm britt hume. while historians and journalists will both praise and criticize him in his political career the family of the 41st president remembers him for most as a loving family man and a man with a servant's heart. on this programmb, a peek into e bush family archives, as we get access to their photo albums. they provide a sense of what it is like growing up in this

powerful american family. and you will hear from bush 41 himself. he sat in on ann interview with his wife and could not resist adding a few comments. just across the scope behind me walker's point for the bush family has gathered for generations and now, a bush family album. >> when i grew up, when mother use to show me a scrapbook of my dad at yale and pictures of my dad when he was at war. i will never forget in the scrapbook there was a piece of the raft that had rescued him and a picture of my dad being pulled out to sea. by the uss -- and was made more real when i thought about that raft and the peace of the raft. >> is a war hero to many americans into his own children, they, the bush kids, described growing up as our 41st president sons and daughter.

many of the photos inside this, until now private album, were taken at their home on the coast of maine in kennebunkport. >> is a place where family gathers. brit: walker's point is the family home where hundred years of bush history has occurred. >> a lot of memories at this place. happy memories. all of them happy. >> my great grandmother purchase that in the early 1900s. mother and dad love it there. he loves going there and loves to fish and the waves crashing across the rocks. he found solace and comfort there. it's a place where his sons and daughter come to be with him. >> only some of life he was there was whene he was in the military. i think it's therapeutic. the ocean is a powerful and majestic thing and it is soothing for my dad. >> my parents have moved over almost 50 times or something like that, maybe over 50 times and had a pretty transient life

but that's then are one constant. we love it. we know are second cousins once removed because kennebunkport. >> big, sprawling piece of land and carries a huge amount of family history in it.s it is either too opulent or overdone in any way. they're not trying to impress anybody. it says a lot about him and about barbara bush, it's a place for family and friends to be together. that's the attraction of it. that's what you feel when you are there. >> you can see by his body and words how important kennebunkport, maine is to him. it's important to us and to the entire network of bush family now because of the importance of it in hime and the joys he gets. >> he watches his grand children blossom into adults and to see this success of his family, i think, far exceeds any success he sat in his life which, in my mind, far exceeds anything anyone else in the family has a.

>> my husband is great. married 65 years and no dark side, truthfully. sometimes he makes me sort of mad and never been ashamed or embarrassed and i've always been proud of him. brit: george herbert walker bush met barbara pierce at a high school dance in 1941. a few weeks after the december 7 attack on pearl harbor. >> george asked someone there de you know the girl in the red and green dressre. >> beautiful girl. >> no, he did say that he said yeah, i grew up with her. he said he'll go cut in on her and introduce me to her. in those daysyo we did that. we played a waltz and what the material did not waltz but he said do you mind if we sit down for a minute and we did and talked then i went to the andover dance with him. his first person ever kiss me and about a friend of 15 people

and did not notice. i almost fainted. sixteen, 17, 18 -- you are 17 and. >> seventeen and you are 60. that's like a song. you were 16, i was 17. >> i don't think they're interested. [laughter] brit: two teenagers in love with war in europe in the pacific the future did not look right. bush joined fellow americans and listed as soon as he turned 18. here his wings and became the youngest pilot in the navy at the time. >> we were not from you forever and his mother and father were wonderful. i had a brother who was overseas and a brother in law who was overseas but it was different, different times. brit: lieutenant junior bush flew a bomber off carriers.

258 bombing missions were japanese installations of small islands in the pacific bush's wartime diary includes descriptions of his coast called and the bombing run. he was hit by japanese flag and bush completed mission then headed to see. was able to bailo out his crew, till gun and radioman did not survive. >> when he was shot down i got a notice that they thought somebody picked him up and then his mom called a day later saying he fine. he could have, men but he chose to stay. he's usually patriotic american. brit: bush arrived home on christmas eve, 1944, two weeks later friends and family attended george and barbara's wedding. >> it was a funny day, i think. we had a luncheon and my honest husband stood up and wowed them off because he said something nice about them and barbara

means beautiful and on and on but when you look it up in barbara means barbaric, strange but he lied. only like he ever told. brit: not long after their wedding day, the new bride's father wrote a letter predicting the future. >> george was at yaleng and saii think will be the big man on eampus and says sunday he could be president of the united states. he really thought george was wonderful. we did not expect that that. we didot not think it would be president then but works hard all his life and did everything the best he could. best son, the father, the student, always. must have been hard -- best athlete. you get thees picture. brit: barbara bush credited the matriarch for most of her husband success. >> dorothy walker bush -- first

of all, most extraordinary woman great golfer and great tennis player, and very nice put on less errors than anyone i knew and taught him all the things you learned into the garden. other fella,e don't talk about yourself. maybe she may george a fault that he should not that because she said george bush is the greatest president i knew and i knew a lot had one fault, he never took credit. brit: george hw bush personal modesty is not kept his family and his wife from telling in a way he never would how we influence them, america, indeed the world.. more of a bush family album in a moment.

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>> my greatest inheritance beside love for my father was the fact that my dad from new england to texas.

brit: president george w. bush,e eldest of their five children. >> he could have state of east gone into wall street, settled into a very comfortable life but instead packed up mother and me and moved out to odessa, texas and i always have admired him for his pioneer spirit. , moving to odessa, texas, well, i've never been there before and i knew it was dusty but people were wonderful. brit: george bush went to texas to build a career on his own instead of following in his father's steps. >> he told me i he really did nt want to work something you cannot touch in banking or something his family had done and many others do but he was offered jobs by a lot of groups who was it that you turn down? procter & gamble. >> they make a fine soap. >> they do make a fine soap but

george did not even apply but he wanted to go and have been to corpus christi being trained and i think he really loved that feeling of doing something different. >> when i think back to the middle of texas i think of baseball. my dad was a very good ballplayer. he was captain of a successful yelp is putting. they went to the ncaa championship twice, sally lost both times. he was a good first baseman and i used to love to play catch with him i remember the first time he said son, i can though it as hard as i want which meant a lot to me because it meant i had come of age, at least in terms of being able to catch a baseball. brit: bush family begin to grow. first, daughter robin and another son of a jet. bush learned the oil business and founded the support of petroleum corporation for the group of investors in 1953. it became an offshore drilling operation with rigs around the

world. >> we had difficult times. when the rig went down, a third of the companies holding and that is tough. we have to have someone knows what it means to have 60 people or whatever number they had depending on your livelihood. that's important. brit: difficult timese the bushs faced in the oil business were nothing compared to a parent's worst nightmare when three -year-old robin was diagnosed with leukemia n and died one yer later. the lessons george bush learned in building a business creating jobs in meeting a payroll became key to his next career. >> twenty came and told me he run for county german he did not quite tommy there were a hundred some six or 200 some precincts and he campaigned i thought they'd all fall down and say yes. ouperfect. all her friends thought it was not but george rolled up his sleeves and loved it.

brit: politics became the family business. and with the same eagerness and drive he is to build his company george hw bush worked his way to the top. >> preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help me god so help me g god. >> congratulations. >> dad had handled his relationship with president reagan asked really well. he remained loyal to the man who had picked them to be vice president up untilhe the right moment when the curtain rose he gave when the great convention speeches ever. that helped find who he was. >> i will keep america moving forward always forward. for a better america, for an endless entering dream and a thousand points of light emma this is my mission and i will complete it. >> my dad is an informal guy. he can relax and he sure love

his dog, ranger. i love the picture of ranger relaxed on the rug in the oval office with the picture to me beaks about the importance of the job. the amount of work the president has to do in order to do the job people expect and having ranger around added comfort to him. brit: his presidency face challenges and opportunities about the international and massive front. liberation of kuwait and putting down saddam hussein and the gulf war gave bush one of the highest approval ratings ever for any president. but his numbers fell sharply residential992 campaign i think it was the worst year of my life. watching george bush get to be the four present. >> i just called governor clinton in little rock and offered my congratulations. he did run a strong campaign.

>> was interesting about that moment his mother's attitude was it's over, get on with your life. that's exactly what we did. with his help and his encouragement. >> george called everyone and said i'm proud of you and the wonderful marine announced the president of the united states and he was funny. >> i stayed in the lincoln bedroom as i cannot resist getting on the phone and call the secret service as the president. [inaudible] [laughter] >> it would not be prudent -- >> he did these silly gestures which i don't use. [inaudible] >> george, you are good and insisted everybody in the white houseth work to the last moment and that they helped the clinton people as best they could and i think they did.

his precious mother died the day the clintons came to see the foite house. brit: lost the presidency for george bush how the unusual twist of fate. >> i thought about it a lot and it broke my heart but he said i realized with the press against you, you don't have the house or the senate but george never had that that you would've had the worst four years of your life. not me but the family and it took a while for me to buy that but that is true. >> maybe george would not have been elected president he would have any would not have been governor. maybe that's okay. >> would've been difficult for me to run in 1994 and difficult for jeb to run in 1994. his pain made the pain of loss made itt possible for us to run for public service. which i have found to be one of the greatest ironies of my lif.

brit: for only the second time e american history father and son each had served as president. john adams was second president and son john quincy adams, number six. george bush 43 remembers his first day in office and the surprise visit from 41. >> i sat at the desk reflecting and observing the environment and watch my dad and from my perspective it was unbelievable touching moment that hee would come and share the early moments of my presidency with me. brit: president george w. bush and george hw bush may share a great deal but the father did not have a vision or plan for his son. >> he did not have some vision about what i should do in life. he did not they look, you need to go out and practice fielding for ten hours a day because i want you to be a great shortstop. his attitude was all provide examples for you of how to live your life and i will set certain values and go get it.

i wish you all the very best. obviously, if we needed help or advice he was there but never try to steer the course of our life of which i am eternally grateful. brit: at least one thing that sets the two presidents apart. >> i think it is fabulous. but not to the point i want to emulate him. when he was a kid we had to jump out after getting shot down he hit his head and cannot remember the moment so he wanted to relive what is like out to jump n out an airplane. since then, he has serving as an example to older citizens that you can live life to the fullest. i think it's really cool. brit: throughout his life president george hw bush set example for others to follow including me. i followed bush 41 of the site of an airplane to celebration his 80th birthday. it was eerie cool and indeed, very cold at 13000 feet. we'll be right backk

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etern . >> our dad is probably the >> are that is probably the sweetest person you would ever meet. very thoughtful and kind in good and old-fashioned in that way. he makes you feel like a very special person when you are with him. he has that ability. for example, when i call him on the phone he has the most enthusiastic is that you? he said pretty special. >> only that you could catch a baseball, ten straight times by the back cool dad. he's like a good wine. he's aged and done better with age.e. he is a cool guy.

brit: dorothy bush and martin are the youngest of the family. as they were going up the father left the oil business to enter politics. >> when you are ten yearser old and you see her father on a billboard it's just for us, it was normal. he lost his first election, big deal. everyone expected him to then he ran for congress and was one of only 24 congressmen at that point in texas was a republican. that was a pretty big deal. as your profile rises in politics there is more scrutiny and for those of us who care about my dad it gets tougher and tougher. brit: with his family support and despite many political battles bush never shied away from seeking public office. >> we lived in washington a lot and when he was head of the republican party and cia he was a lot of things and he is a man who can't say no.

brit: after the biggest job of heading the republican national committee during watergate and the nixon resignation president gerald ford offered bush a choice of and be built post. >> when he told us guess where we are going and then i guessed 400 countries we went to china. best thing that happened to us. [inaudible] we learn something -- i learned in the state permit and i would talk to myself when we got over there not one thing i learned was appropriate. every american knew how much to the cost. and i love the food. it was divine. >> we did take a fun trip to china and were there for over one month or a couple months and we traveled mama became an expert on a lot of the torah sites in china but especially the forbidden city.

exciting times. brit: further in interesting times ahead for the bush children. >> my dad became president. it was a huge thrill that wasn't a surprise, really. it's not as if he wasn't [inaudible] it kind of fit with who he was. but for us, our dad was the sa same. >> i will say it was not that much fun all the time. the intensity is ratcheted up, all of us, were so protective of her dad. the perception and reality. there was ate newsweek article e was running for president and on the cousin on the cover instead factor. sethought it was odd. his guy who served his country as a young pilot, probably in equitation that the ivy league would go to wall street but went to texas and he's a true family guy which is rare in washington and here's a guy who literally watched his daughter die which takes courage to keep the family together after that. here's a guy who just by virtue

of the way he lived his life was anything but a win. there is this perception and reality and a couple ways you can handle that. you can retreat, you know, or you can do what we did which was spent more time with him. >> my dad is famous for letter writing. and that gives you a glimpse of sso he is. brit: george bush expresses gratitude to others to a continual stream of personal letters and notes. they were edited and collected into a book by his longtime assistant. bush described the book as quo quote, letters written when my heart was heavy or full of joy. there is letters, study letters, caring and rejoicing letters. >> he had no interest in looking back at his life and he sits in his office and thanks of ideas of fun plans have things to do in the future and who can you call. brit: daughter was the author of

my father, i president the memoir my father was too modest to write. in 2006 uss george hob bush was christened. it seems fitting to our 41st president and a way to honor a life of service to his country. dora was designated as thee shis sponsor and got to wheel the champagne bottle. >> the world's best sponsor. she really is. she's put a library and did put in tapes for the moms and dads read a child's book and take them home so they can hear the voice. it's nice. she's been a great sponsor. brit: on june 10, 2012 the bush family welcomed the ship to the maine coast and spent time with the crew took part in the realist and that ceremony for 60 sailors. >> they sent me a picture of the new carrier and it is beautiful.

beautiful to see. i was part of the navy and i love being at sea. >> are you ready? >> yes, sir. >> hold on. >> for a guy who was lives life straight down theou middle he ws very aggressivedd. >> i will not say reckless but he can be good at driving a vote but for an 85 -year-old dude to go 50 miles an hour over three or 4 feet waves is pretty aggressive. brit: whenever he had a chance george bush shared his love of the ocean fishing and bass votes with friends and visitors. >> dad was anxious to give president putin at the time a ride in his vote. he's an adventure and an outer man and they would get into his vote and of course, after a slow start he cranks that baby up and

it was interesting to watch vladimir's reaction to the octogenarian former president blasting across the atlantic forcing the permanently relations were severed. >> one thing you learn from spending time with people who spend time with my father and love him literally 200 people who think that there among his five best friends. we always joke in our family about having the fifth wheel, meaning for boys and there's other dudes out there somewhere. their brothers from another mother because -- tons of them. brit: coming up, he was a clinical arrival but also a great admirer of president hw bush. >> they refer to me as their blank sheets on. on the one that strayed from the fold. brit: we'll be right back. save up to 10% when you bundle with esurance.

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log onto brit: welcome back to the bush family album. jeb bush, neil bush and the self-described black sheep of the bush family, former president bill clinton tell us what they thought about president george hw bush and why. >> my dad is the most complete man i know. brit: governor john ellis, jeb bush. >> it's hard to describe as a son but he is courageous, hone honest, has unimpeachable

integrity. all the traits you describe someone who is nearing perfection. >> he is not perfect and no one is but amazingly he is as close as you can get. brit: but the treat, jeb, the second son, and my most in his father was courage. >> my dad exhibited that in his entire life. starting as the youngest navy pilot in world war ii and moving to midland in his business, that encouraged to get out of one's comfort zone and to take the risk of running for office in the minority party back in the early days of the republican party in texas and then certainly as president showed a tough fortitude that people do not think he had. he was not a politician. when we grow up he got involved in politics when he was 40. he wasn a business guy traveleda lot and wasn't always at home because he is working really hard but when he was with us he was fun. we always do things and were going to a baseball game or

going to play tennis or just outdoors playing catch. he was a fantastic father. he was not a strict disciplinarian but when we messed up his words of simply saying i'm disappointed in you was devastating. it was like a thousand flashes in one month stuck in your room. his means of child-rearing were basically to set an example. brit: being an example and setting standards for certain was george's bush role. our best dealt with the day-to-day business of raising the family. >> and considered the meanest person in the world. >> the meanest? >> well, toughest. every one of the boys would give a speech can't wait to needle their mother. george w in florida called me once and jeb was in the car and governor and president. he says mom,, don't watch the news tonight and i hear this roaring with laughter.

and so, of course, jeb finally says a little girl asked the president is it important to eat as a family and he said yes. and she said did you eat as a family. he said -- >> i did eat with my family as long as my mother was not cooking. [laughter] just kidding, mom. >> i was an average bush joke. right? right. >> in the 88 campaign i work full-time so as personally, for me, incredibly gratifying to see the victory when people forget this but he was down to two points in the polls with two months to go. it shows the extraordinary tenacity and determination of my dad that i think inspired everyone to work harder. to look at those four years they were packed with incredible events that could have gone in a completely different direction but for my dad leadership. and his courage to act on his

convictions. >> the world is that. this aggression would not stand and it will not stand. >> is a inner strength that came out when he was president when the world was focused on operation desert storm at the public depression is that my dd is this nice guy and nice guys can't be tough. that's the biggest fallacy. you can be tough and be kind. being tough not in a bravado sense is not toughness.. you don't want a president that always focused on themselves but a president that act on principle and carry it out. he did. >> as president i can report to the nation, aggression is defeated. the war is over. [applause] >> it was something that he gets nauseous when he hears a bit more than the compliments as president or as a public figure that the fact that my dad has

literally thousands of friends, thousands of friends. he has people that will be untimely loyal to him and that the next ordinary legacy, if you think about it. not many people have earned that. brit: more of a bush family album straight ahead. savor card. earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in. what's in your wallet? the pressure cooker that crisps. it's the best of pressure cooking and air frying all in one. with tendercrisp technology, food will be juicy on the inside, crispy on the outside. (upbeat drumming) the ninja foodi, the pressure cooker that crisps.

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. oh, boy, what do i know that the rest of the world doesn't know? i mean, that is a tough question >> that's a tough question. everyone knows he needs brocco broccoli. brit: neil bush, third born bush boy, is ahead of the pointed life institute. started during his father's presidency to promote volunteerism. >> it's hard to talk about my father without talking about his commitment to service. he is an enduring belief in his human quality of giving to uaothers. models that for peopln

his own life. he is the most unselfish human being i think you will probably ever meet. it is amazing how he lifts people not only by his example but by his actions. he is a very remarkable man. basically all of my teenage life and on he has been in political service. but i mean, it was very normal. and everyone thinks he drives around in limos or fly around in personal airplanes or eat in the best restaurants, you know, we really have a very normal life. dad was out there cooking the burgers when i was a young kid. i think he is a pretty average family with exceptional parenting. i always thought so highly of him, i thought he would be a great president. in fact we all worked hard to help him. >> along with the perks of living in the white house, that was not an option for the bush children. >> mom, dad supported her, she

said if ever you were elected president, we wouldn't live in the white house. we were independent adults and so they stuck to that. i think when the historians do look back at my father's presidency they're going to see a remarkable pattern of success in everything he did. on the domestic side and on the foreign policy side, the tearing down of the berlin wall. you know, he dealt with the tiananmen crisis in china, and dealt with it with a diplomatic savvy, obviously, when saddam attacked kuwait, my father dealt with that in exactly the right way. gave saddam every chance in the world to right his wrong. and then when he stopped at the border it was the right thing to do. >> on the domestic side you know there were issues related to the economy and taxation and he

worked to compromise with congress which turned out to be his downfall. because he made the very famous, kind of in politics, the saying. >> read my lips. >> he did what was right at the time. and the economists in reflecting on his actions, support what he did to keep the economy going. he signed into law the legislation for the disabilities act. he signed into law the first volunteer service oriented act for the united states. had he had some legacy actions, domestic and foreign, that will put him at the very high ranks, i'm a little biassed, obviously, but at the very high ranks of being a president. i think one of my own personal legacies, from my own selfish legacy, is the commitment to volunteer, and encourage others to pitch in and do what they can to make the world a better pl e

place. >> on july 16th, 2013, george bush was invited to the white house for a presentation. for the 5,000th time, the points of light institute presented their award. president obama took this opportunity to thank the institute's founder. >> we are surely a kinder and gentler nation because of you. and we can't thank you enough. >> just like a rock, he just has this steady civility and kindness and givingness and lovingness. and he never wavered one iota from that. coming up, the bush brother from another mother, president bill clinton. his ♪ do you want to take the path or the shortcut? not too fast. (vo) you do more than protect parks when you share the love.

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i always liked him. you know, i liked him because after he had a very tough fight with president reagan, when he finished second and he was asked to be vice president and he did. >> though they were once strong political opponents, it turns out former president bill clinton was always one of george h.w. bush's admirers. 1983. gov association met up in maine. and he hosted them at his house. so we went there and i had my daughter who was then three years old i walked up to the vice president and i said, mr. vice president i'd like you to meet this man the president of the united states and she said where is the

bathroom? he took her to the bathroom and introduced my daughter to his mother who was then still living. and made a big impression on me. it's the kind of man he s he's kind and treats everybody with respect. he's interested in people. >> the two men did not agree on many issues president clinton was struck by bush's integrity >> i wasn't an idealoge. he voted for open housing bill to integrate housing in america i thought that showed he had character to be open to the facts and i liked him because i thought he was a very good man. i think he will go down in history to one of the positive things he did to improve security of the united states in his term which was in part

reflection of the failure of communication and a reflection of the success of every american president from hairy -- harry truman. >> we celebrated the 200th anniversary of the white house in 2000 i invited all living presidents and former first ladies there. it was an amazing night of american history but after the 2000 election and before the supreme court awarded election to president bush, his son. so there they were, sitting in the white house, they had to be calm and try to enjoy this and try to realize the weight of the moment. they had no idea whether his son was going to be president or not. they handled it. they were amazing.

>> former presidents gather for events on rare occasions but bush and clinton have been found together time and again. in 2004 on the day after christmas a earthquake shook and a tsunami hit the coast of southeast asia. for 200,000 people were dead or missing, many areas, destroyed the two presidents showed americans that we're sometimes more united than divided. this unlikely team raised over $1 billion in relief funds >> one of the countries hardest hit was maldives. they didn't understand what part of india was hurt. what happened in thailand. we rekindled our bond existing before the election. z.in 92. in a way this wasn't possible in years when i was

president. and i loved it. we had a great time together z i think we did a lot of good. >> the unusual partnership tapped again the next year after hurricane katrina devastated the gulf coast. >> made people feel good to see a republican and democrat and two people who run against each other working together. it caused people to relax. we still don't agree on everything. they refer to me as their black sheep son, but that is the way america should work. before people get out of politics. you know? i think we just have to keep struggling to find common ground in this country. on his part it was genuine. he cared about the work we did together and enjoyed time we spent together. he believes that people who have had opportunities we've had in life should serve as long as they live. and are able. and i

want people to know that about him. he is a good man. >> president clinton believes george bush should be remembered and admired for the way he lived his life. >> if every american could have seen him driving that speed boat not only with daring but skill, he became the same man who was the youngest fighter pilot that shot out of the air in world war ii when he was only 18. you just get that almost boyish excitement and fire, you can see that is the secret to every man and woman's life. you know? you have to have something to look forward to. find joy in the moment. he does. the idea he's still jumping out of airplanes every five years to mark his birthday is astonishing. so that is what i'd like for people to remember about him the guy has a lot of juice. he loves life. and he is a

genuinely good man. >> some people find it astonishing these two political rivals became such good friends i've interviewed them both. i know their relationship to be genuine. as president bush said just because you you disagree on something doesn't mean you can't work together. that is an attitude that once separated much of american politics from the world. it's basic to the character of president george hw bush. now, we close with these final words. >> he was professional and he was a man with a great heart. he caught me values matter, principles matter. >> he's loyal, kind, thoughtful. he's funny. >> for us, it's no other greater gift we can have. >> the final legacy is that he's going to be remembered as the

president that just had a great love for people. you know? and his ability to bring out the best in people. >> history is like an ocean rather than a stream. you can't impact events but over time, the kilo of affect of people looking at that period of time, i think my dad will be treated really well.

destiny and power hosted by brit hume begins right now. reporter: they called him poppy. george hurt bert walker bush. a new england aristrocrat who became a politician in the texas oil patch. he owned the most of impress idea resume of any man to win the white house he showed dignified restraint even in defeat. tonight you will