American - Aviator | February 4, 1902 - August 26, 1974
I would rather spend one day on Maui than 30 days in the hospital.
Charles Lindbergh
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Real freedom lies in wildness, not civilization.
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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.
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If I must fight, I'll fight; but I prefer not to spit at my enemy beforehand.
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I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.
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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. There is no shorter road to defeat than by entering a war with inadequate preparation.
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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.
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Civilization must be based on life. We should never forget that human life was created in and for millions of centuries, was nourished by primitive wildness. We cannot separate ourselves from this ancestral background.
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Flying a good airplane doesn't require near as much attention as a motor car.
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Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values... God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.
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To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs no logic for its mission.
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We Americans are a primitive people... Americans seem to have little respect for the law or the rights of others.
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