Eisenhower: “Our farmers, like the rest of us, want and need peace.”

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

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

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

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.