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President Eisenhower quote on the Military-Industrial Complex

"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."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower

On Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower gave the nation a dire warning about what he described as a threat to democratic government. He called it the military-industrial complex, a formidable union of defense contractors and the armed forces.

Eisenhower, a retired five-star Army general, the man who led the allies on D-Day, made the remarks in his farewell speech from the White House.

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whowasthatmaskedman70-79, M
Well, he was right.. Wasnt he?馃樂
hunkalove61-69, M
Probably the last good decent president this pitiful broken country had. And I'm the biggest liberal wimp on the planet.
Human1000M
Wasn鈥檛 much of a threat, but very expensive and somewhat corrupt

 
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