Quotes from Charles Lindbergh

The new law will create inflation whenever the trusts want inflation. From now on depressions will be scientifically created.

It is the greatest shot of adrenaline to be doing what you've wanted to do so badly. You almost feel like you could fly without the plane.

In a time of war, truth is always replaced by propaganda.

But what civilization was not founded on adventure, and how long could one exist without it? What justifies the risk of life? Some answer, the attainment of knowledge. Some say wealth, or power, is sufficient cause. I believe the risks are justified by the sheer love of the life I lead.

I would rather spend one day on Maui than 30 days in the hospital.

If I must fight, I'll fight; but I prefer not to spit at my enemy beforehand.

Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see .

Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values. God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.

What freedom lies in flying, what Godlike power it gives to men . . . I lose all consciousness in this strong unmortal space crowded with beauty, pierced with danger.

There is no better way to give comfort to an enemy than to divide the people of a nation over the issue of foreign war.

When I watch species other than my own, their instinct's wisdom is what most impresses and disturbs me.

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.

It's almost as easy to stand up as it is to sit down.

God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.

It is not that I believe ideals are unimportant, even among the realities of war; but if a nation is to survive in a hostile world, its ideals must be backed by the hard logic of military practicability.

Aviation constituted a new and possibly decisive element in preventing or fighting a war, and I was in a unique position to observe European aviation - especially in its military aspects.

After my death, the molecules of my being will return to the earth and the sky. They came from the stars. I am of the stars.

Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests.

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.

I believe the risks I take are justified by the sheer love of the life I lead.

I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.

To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs no logic for its mission.

It's the greatest shot of adrenaline to be doing what you have wanted to do so badly. You almost feel like you could fly without a plane.

The financial system has been turned over to the Federal Reserve Board. That board administers the finance system by authority of a purely profiteering group. The system is private, conducted for the sole purpose of obtaining the greatest possible profits from the use of other people's money.