Eisenhower: “A chief bulwark of our heritage against any such decay of the law has been and is and will be the American school…”

If there is one thing we want--I mean the United States wants--it is good, loyal friends, inspired by the same ideals of human dignity and decency that we ourselves cherish.

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

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.

Our entire history since the birth of my Nation has been that of friendship.