Eisenhower: “The people of the United States do not wish to enslave or control any other nation or any other people.”

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.

I worked among you for more than 4 years.

God bless you--and keep going.

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