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Farewell Address: Guarding Against the Military-Industrial Complex

By Dwight Eisenhower|2021-07-26T08:41:41-05:00August 14th, 2015|Categories: Audio/Video, Dwight Eisenhower, Military, Presidency, Primary Documents, World War II|

The conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address to the nation in a television broadcast [...]

Farewell Address, 1796

Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. Friends and Citizens: The period for a [...]