Eisenhower: “I believe if we get such a thing established, I would like to do it with the greatest possible cooperation of everybody…”

Our two nations, despite obstacles set in our paths by others, will continue the march towards peace and freedom.

We shall eventually have a world in which all men are brothers, and in which the outstretched hand is not that of a tyrant, but the hand of friendship.

Leadership is not proved by a mere whirling across the public stage in a burst of glib oratory.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.