I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
As civilization advances, man grows unconscious of the primitive elements of life; he is separated from them by his perfection of material… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
What makes human power erupt like a volcano? What destroy's it? The civilizations of Rome, Greece, Egypt, China were all eruptions from… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
If we can combine our knowledge of science with the wisdom of wildness, if we can nurture civilization through roots in the… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Our survival, the future of our civilization, possibly the existence of mankind, depends on American leadership — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Is civilization progress? The challenge, I think, is clear; and, as clearly, the final answer will be given not by our amassing… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Aviation has struck a delicately balanced world, a world where stability was already giving way to the pressure of new dynamic forces,… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
More and more, as civilization develops, we find the primitive to be essential to us. We root into the primitive as a… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. In wilderness I sense the miracle of… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
We are compelled to work more hours per day, receive less pay per hour, pay more for what we buy, and recieve… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Civilization must be based on life. We should never forget that human life was created in and for millions of centuries, was… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Why does one want to walk wings? Why force one's body from a plane to make a parachute jump? Why should man… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
If we can combine our knowledge of science with the wisdom of wildness, if we can nurture civilization through roots in the… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Lying under an acacia tree with the sound of the dawn around me, I realized more clearly the facts that man should… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Shut your eyes and you will know what I mean by thought entombed in darkness. Light comes through the senses, and not only through… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share
If I were entering adulthood now instead of in the environment of fifty years ago, I would choose a career that kept me in… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share
Why should anyone think a white skin superior in evaluating the qualities of human life? I did not really admire a white skin so… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share
True, the fragile bodies of his fellows do not weigh down his plane; true, the fretful minds of weaker men are missing from his… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share
Air power is new to all our countries. It brings advantages to some and weakens others; it calls for readjustment everywhere. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share
Instead of agitating for war, the Jewish groups in this country should be opposing it in every possible way, for they will be among… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share
When I watch species other than my own, their instinct's wisdom is what most impresses and disturbs me. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share
My aging body transmits an ageless life stream. Molecular and atomic replacement change life's composition. Molecules take part in structure and in training, countless… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share
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… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share
Under the federal reserve act, panics are scientifically created. The present panic is the first scientifically created one, worked out as we figured, a… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share
I'm not bound to be in aviation at all. I'm here only because I love the sky and flying more than anything else on… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share
Man is a mixture of desires that extend beyond his knowledge and often result in action conflicting with rationality. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share
The Jews are one of the principle forces attempting to lead the U.S. into the war. The Jews greatest danger to this country lies… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share
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