“But we are committed to the goal of a retooled, reimagined auto industry that can compete and win. Millions of jobs depend on it. Scores of communities depend on it. And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it.”

From his speech to congress. Transcript: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/24/politics/main4826494.shtml?sou…

Karl Benz invented the automobile and he was German