Dwight D. Eisenhower Farewell Quotations

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

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. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.

We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.