I Believe That For Permanent Survival, Man

We Are In The Grip Of A Scientific Materialism, Caught In A Vicious Cycle Where Our Security Today Seems To Depend On Regimentation And Weapons Which Will Ruin Us Tomorrow.

Is Civilization Progress? The Challenge, I Think, Is Clear; And, As Clearly, The Final Answer Will Be Given Not By Our Amassing Of Knowledge, Or By The Discoveries Of Our Science, Or By The Speed Of Our Aircraft, But By The Effect Of Our Civilized Activities As A Whole Have Upon The Quality Of Our Planet's Life-the Life Of Plants And Animals As That Of Men.

The Improvement Of Our Way Of Life Is More Important Than The Spreading Of It. If We Make It Satisfactory Enough, It Will Spread Automatically. If We Do Not, No Strength Of Arms Can Permanently Oppose It.

In Honoring The Wright Brothers, It Is Customary And Proper To Recognize Their Contribution To Scientific Progress. But I Believe It Is Equally Important To Emphasize The Qualities In Their Pioneering Life And The Character In Man That Such A Life Produced. The Wright Brothers Balanced Sucess With Modesty, Science With Simplicity. At Kitty Hawk Their Intellects And Senses Worked In Mutual Support. They Represented Man In Balance, And From That Balance Came Wings To Lift A World.

If I Had To Choose, I Would Rather Have Birds Than Airplanes.