But accuracy means something to me. It's vital to my sense of values. I've learned not to trust people who are inaccurate. Every aviator knows that if mechanics are inaccurate. aircraft crash.

We are all consumers and should all be producers.

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

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.

Our survival, the future of our civilization, possibly the existence of mankind, depends on American leadership

[I] grew up as a disciple of science. I know its fascination. I have felt the godlike power man derives from his machines.

The idea of racial inferiority or superiority is foreign to me. I can't feel inferior or superior to another man because of race, or in any way antagonistic to him. I judge by the individual, not by his race, and have always done so. I would rather have one of my children marry into a good family of any race than into a bad family of any other race.