Eisenhower: “The strength of our country must always be our first concern-its spiritual, intellectual, economic, and its military…”

People must meet and understand other people, and so doing make it ever more difficult for governments, responding to false prides or even worse, personal ambitions, to sustain dictatorships.

My heart will always be filled with admiration for you.

We are both members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an alliance that seeks only security and peace.

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.