George W. Bush: “The more people who own their home, the better off America is.”

The creativity, ingenuity, and resourcefulness of the American people is our country's greatest strength.

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.

Mr. Wyeth captured America in his paintings of his native Pennsylvania and Maine.

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.