January, 1961 President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address to the Nation
EISENHOWER ADDRESS
EISENHOWER [...] The 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 statehouse, every office of the Federal Government [...] 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 [...] We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted [...]
Eisenhower's Farewell Address: January 17, 1961 [The Public Papers of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 196061 (U.S. Government Printing Office).] The speech coins the phrase "militaryindustrial complex."
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