George W. Bush: “I, George W. Bush, do hereby proclaim December 17, 2002, as Wright Brothers Day.”

Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you.

Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you.

Is it in our interest that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is. On behalf of a grateful nation, thank you for your hard work and God bless you.

History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation – a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position.