Flying a good airplane doesn't require near as much attention as a motor car. Charles Lindbergh More Quotes by Charles Lindbergh More Quotes From Charles Lindbergh I realized that the future of aviation, to which I had devoted so much of my life, depended less on the perfection of aircraft than on preserving the epoch-evolved environment of life, and that this was true of all technological progress. Charles Lindbergh aviationprogressperfection Without death there would be no awareness of life, and the recurring selection and renewal that has caused life's progress would be ended. Charles Lindbergh progresswould-bedeath In wilderness I sense the miracle of life. Charles Lindbergh environmentalmiraclenature The individual is at the apex of his species' past, at the entrance to its future. Charles Lindbergh individualevolutionpast One boy's a boy, two boys are half a boy; three boys are no boy at all. Charles Lindbergh threeboystwo When the President signs this act, the invisible government by the money power will be legalized. Charles Lindbergh politicalgovernmentpresident Here was a place where men and life and death had reached the lowest form of degradation. How could any reward in national progress even faintly justify the establishment and operation of Charles Lindbergh life-and-deathprogressmen Lying under an acacia tree with the sound of the dawn around me, I realized more clearly the facts that man should never overlook: that the construction of an airplane, for instance, is simple when compared [with] a bird; that airplanes depend on an advanced civilization, and that were civilization is most advanced, few birds exist. I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. Charles Lindbergh airplanesimplelying The new law will create inflation whenever the trusts want inflation. From now on depressions will be scientifically created. Charles Lindbergh inflationlawwant What makes human power erupt like a volcano? What destroy's it? The civilizations of Rome, Greece, Egypt, China were all eruptions from a human core. Charles Lindbergh volcanoesegyptpower At the end of the first half-century of engine-driven flight, we are confronted with the stark fact that the historical significance of aircraft has been primarily military and destructive. Charles Lindbergh flyinghistoricalmilitary When I watch species other than my own, their instinct's wisdom is what most impresses and disturbs me. Charles Lindbergh impressinstinctwatches Is civilization progress? The challenge, I think, is clear; and, as clearly, the final answer will be given not by our amassing of knowledge, or by the discoveries of our science, or by the speed of our aircraft, but by the effect of our civilized activities as a whole have upon the quality of our planet's life-the life of plants and animals as that of men. Charles Lindbergh animalmenlife We can so reconstruct society that it will be self-perpetuating instead of as now, self-exhaustive. Charles Lindbergh perpetuatingself If we can combine our knowledge of science with the wisdom of wildness, if we can nurture civilization through roots in the primitive, man's potentialities appear to be unbounded. Charles Lindbergh primitive-manmencivilization It is not the willingness to kill on the part of our soldiers which most concerns me. That is an inherent part of war. It is our lack of respect for even the admirable characteristics of our enemy; for courage, for suffering, for death, for his willingness to die for his beliefs, for his companies and squadrons which go forth, one after another, to annihilation against our superior training and equipment. Charles Lindbergh trainingsoldierwar I don't believe in taking unnecessary risks, but a life without risk isn't worth living. Charles Lindbergh unnecessaryriskbelieve It may be interesting to note how many statesmen there are who believe that the cost of living can be reduced by making the people of other countries help to feed and clothe us. Charles Lindbergh cost-of-livingbelievecountry No right of preference exists in favor of person, property, or business. Personal claims and ambitions must yield in favor of whatever best serves the general welfare. Charles Lindbergh yieldfavorsambition Now, all that I feared would happen has happened. We are at war all over the world, and we are unprepared for it from either a spiritual or a material standpoint. Charles Lindbergh spiritualwarworld
