On January 17th, 1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower gave a farewell address with prophetic warnings for modern times. The following are excerpts:
"...public policy could itself become the captive of a
scientific-technological elite."
"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."
"...protected as we are by our moral, economic, and military strength. That [conference] table, though scarred by many past frustrations, cannot be abandoned for the
certain agony of the battlefield."
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