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 should take nothing for granted.

Only an alert and knowledgeable citizen 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.

In 1961, as he was walking out the door after his service to the country, President Dwight D. Eisenhower did something incredibly brave.

As a statesman, he stood up and he decried the military industrial complex.

But complexes are all around us.

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It's been 60 years since Eisenhower described to the public a two-part system which some people say has three or four parts.

And we talk about complexes all the time.

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