President George H.W. Bush addresses the NAS members - April 23, 1990

MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1990 - Remarks by the President of the U.S. at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Building, Washington, DC We stand at a moment of wondrous prosperity. But our wealth goes far beyond the merely material. Ours is an intellectual prosperity, unprecedented in history. For that, and the health and security it affords this Nation and the world, gratitude is owed to the men and women who have committed their minds and lives to science. See the full text of this speech on the NAS website at