Eisenhower: “I would be very happy to see the United Nations take a bigger and firmer hold and get more nations that are capable of…”

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.

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.

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

Well, I don't know whether I have got equal time in this debate.