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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Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history...

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history...

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have...

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have...

I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea.

I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea.

Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life...

Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life...

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game...

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game...

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.

Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels...

Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels...

I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick...

I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick...

How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend...

How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend...

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the...

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the...

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and...

This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and...

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and...

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and...

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

Only Americans can hurt America.

Only Americans can hurt America.