Eisenhower: “The American people have vested in the Republican Party the responsibility of government.”

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.

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.

For over six decades we have worked together to create and maintain strong democratic institutions.

My heart will always be filled with admiration for you.