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.

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

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Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

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.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the...

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the...

Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.

Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.

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

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

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care...

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care...

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

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

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

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what...

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what...

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more...

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more...

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...

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass...

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass...

Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

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.

If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of...

If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of...

Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its...

Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its...

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who...

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who...

Preach in the name of God. The learned will smile; ask the learned what they...

Preach in the name of God. The learned will smile; ask the learned what they...