Portrait of Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh

Transatlantic flight

Modern influential 134 sayings

Sayings by Charles Lindbergh

I believe in a strong, racially pure America.

1940 — Speech
Social & Racial Unverifiable

The Jewish question is a difficult one, but it must be faced honestly.

1938 — Diary entry
General Unverifiable

We must not become a mongrel race.

1939 — Letter to a friend
Social & Racial Unverifiable

The survival of the white race is paramount.

1941 — Private notes
Social & Racial Unverifiable

I have no sympathy for those who seek to destroy the white race.

1940 — Diary entry
Social & Racial Unverifiable

The future belongs to the strong races, and the white race is strong.

1939 — Speech
Social & Racial Unverifiable

It is our duty to protect our racial heritage.

1941 — Letter to an editor
Social & Racial Unverifiable

The white race is the creator of civilization, and we must preserve it.

1938 — Private notes
Social & Racial Unverifiable

We must not allow our racial identity to be eroded.

1940 — Diary entry
Social & Racial Unverifiable

We must limit to a reasonable amount the Jewish influence... Whenever the Jewish percentage of total population becomes too high, a reaction seems to invariably occur.

1939 — Diary entry about his antisemitic views
Wisdom Unverifiable

We, the heirs of European culture, are on the verge of a disastrous war, a war within our own family of nations, a war which will reduce the strength and destroy the treasures of the White race.

1941 — Radio address for America First Committee
Inspirational Unverifiable

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.

1939 — Speech about eugenics and racial purity
Wisdom Unverifiable

Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.

1953 — From his book 'The Spirit of St. Louis'
Wisdom Confirmed

I feel I am on the border of a new world. I feel I am on the border of a new life.

1927 — Diary entry after his transatlantic flight
Wisdom Unverifiable

The fundamental issue now is whether we go into war or stay out.

1941 — America First Committee speech
War & Conflict Unverifiable

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

1948 — Reflections after World War II
Biblical Unverifiable

The only time I feel alive is when I'm flying.

1967 — Interview about his aviation career
Wisdom Unverifiable

We must turn to new fields of exploration, to the development of aviation, to the unfamiliar paths of space.

1954 — Speech about future exploration
Wisdom Unverifiable

I own the world as the world owns me.

1927 — Personal diary reflection
Wisdom Unverifiable

The Jew is a race that has no civilization to point to, no aspiring religion, no great achievements in any realm.

1938 — Diary entry
Religious Unverifiable
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