Eisenhower: “I hope that everything will work out so that you can all stay together and have a wonderful time.”

I feel now it would be futile for me to attempt anything else in the way of words.

God bless you--and keep going.

My heart will always be filled with admiration for you.

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.