. ♪ >> hello, my name is mark langdell, i'm president of the george w.ush foundation, i want to welcome you to the final panel that we're having here today. in my job i get asked a lot, well, how do you get the chance to work on building something as interesting and significant as the george w. bush presidential center. and i go, well, i have experience building complex real estate projects. i served in government. i'm interested in presidential history. i even like to watch c-span3, but the big reason and the real reason that i have this really great job is 23 years ago george and laura bush moved to dallas, texas, and they bought the house next door to me. and we became friends. and if there's one thing i can testify to, it's true then and it's true today, is that george and laura bush are true partners in life. and george w. bush truly and deeply loves his wife, so it is an honor for me to introduce to you a man who truly and deeply loves his wife, the 43rd president of the united states, george w. bush. >> thank you, all, for coming. so, it seems fit

i want to thank those who work for the bush foundation in the dallas, mark langdell's the president.y glassman, founding director and all those who work for the bush institute. i want to thank the i san coes for joining us. victor and katarina, thank you for your leadership of the orange revolution. members of congress, we appreciate you taking time from your busy schedule. diplomatic corps, thank you for being here and members of the bush administration, the mighty bush administration. [laughter] thanks for showing up. these are extraordinary times in the history of freedom. in the arab spring, we have seen the broadest challenge to authoritarian rule since the collapse of soviet communism. great change has come to a region where many thought impossible. the idea that arab people are somehow content with oppression has been discredited forever. yet we've also seen instability, uncertainty and the revenge of brutal rulers. the collapse of an old order can unleash resentments and power struggles that a new order is not yet prepared to handle. freedom is a powerful force, but it does n