Ronald Reagan said "We owe the Wright Brothers a debt of gratitude for their invention of engine-powered flight but also for their immortal lesson of independence and determination." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 7, 1986

We owe the Wright Brothers a debt of gratitude for their invention of engine-powered flight but also for their immortal lesson of independence and determination.

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Ronald Reagan

Republican · California

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presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 5588—Wright Brothers Day, 1986

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