The quote was taken out of context, though I suppose we all know what the context was. Still, generally speaking, Mr Bush had a point. If Americans had taken his advise to assume the worst BEFORE he became president, the world might not be such a mess today.

Let us cherish the memory of this great American woman and cherish also the memory of the great American woman Anne Sullivan that was her "governess". And let us be perpetually on guard against those to whom life is nothing.