Eisenhower: “Bonds of common purpose and common ideals can unite people, even when they come from the most distant and diverse…”

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

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

God bless you--and keep going.

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.