Very well in politics. He reached the highest peak. He was the president of the United States. But we must remember as has been pointed out in this statement that was released he was a texing otexas oil pioneer. He was a very successful businessman. He really gave that up to serve his country in another way outside of the military. Absolutely. There is an expression, you see this at his president ial library, i mean his office, his personal motto, he has two of them. One was faith, family and friends. And the second was to your point, any definition of a successful life must include service to others. So while a lot of people think of him as being raised in
grinwhich, and a new england born and bred welltodo family, he did go out and make his fortune, and he was pretty humble once he started out. Once he made money, he turned back to what he thought was most important, which was Public Service. Lets go onto talk about as well, so he became the 41st president of the United States, survi
dance on the wall. he said this is a german moment. i thought the president of the united states to step back, this is a german moment. i think he deserves credit for getting the world off in the right direction at the end of the cold war. the cold war being over was not an excuse to pack up and go home. it was an excuse to build a new world of cooperation. time will prove that he was right in wanting an integrated cooperative world of strong security but lots of freedom, lots of democracy, lots of interaction between people. reporter: on the domestic front bush is credited for making improvements to the clean air act and signing the americans with disabilities act. critical legislation that revolutionized access for millions including bush himself when he suffered from parkinson s in his final years.