“Talk of imminent threat to our national security
through the application of external force is pure nonsense.
Indeed it is part of the general pattern of misguided policy
that our country is now geared to an arms economy
which was bred in an artificially induced
psychosis of war hysteria
and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.”
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Farewell address 1/17/1961
"This conjunction of an immense military establishment
and a large arms industry is new in the American experience.
The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual
is felt in every city, every State house,
every office of the Federal government.
We recognize the imperative need for this development.
Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications.
Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved;
so is the very structure of our society."
"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."
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"Even today, there is little value
in ensuring the survival of our nation
if our traditions do not survive with it.
And there is very grave danger
that an announced need for increased security
will be seized upon by those
anxious to expand it's meaning
to the very limits of official censorship and concealment."
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