George Bush actually said...

On behalf of all Americans, we give thanks for the life of one of the great ambassadors in baseball history.

There is no power like the power of freedom and no soldier as strong as a soldier who fights for a free future for his children.

Buck O'Neil represented the best of America's national pastime.

He devoted his long and full life to baseball and refused to allow injustice and discrimination to diminish his love of the game.