"Life — 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."

"The future of air transport is in the hands of the young men who are willing to take risks."

"We must not allow our nation to become a melting pot of races."

"I have been forced to the conclusion that we are losing character and quality, and that we are doing it so rapidly that the very foundations of our civilization are threatened."

"I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve."