Eisenhower: “I must, therefore, request of the Congress legislation raising the statutory debt limit.”

I assure you that our obligation to you is deep and lasting.

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

I find and declare that adjustments must be made in the imports of crude oil and unfinished oils for overestimates and underestimates of total demand.

Our unity as a nation is sustained by free communication of thought and by easy transportation of people and goods.