Political Quotes

“At the height of the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci said: "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." From that day to this, men and women have toiled and sacrificed, even given their lives to the achievement of manned flight. Poems have been penned, speeches have been delivered, and history has been written honoring those men and women who have lived and some, unfortunately, who have died, to achieve our dreams--the dreams of all mankind. To honor the memory of these gallant seven, we must devote the resources, and the far-reaching inquiry, needed to find out what happened on February 1, 2003, and achieve the remedy so that this tragic accident will never be repeated. As a nation we mourn the loss of the crew of Columbia, but as members of the family of man, we should celebrate their courage, their dedication, and their desire to better us all.”