Dwight D. Eisenhower quotes

1890–1969 · Denison, TX

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.
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Farewell Radio and Television Address to the American People, January 17, 1961
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As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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Address at the Columbia University National Bicentennial Dinner, New York City, May 31, 1954
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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
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Address "The Chance for Peace" Delivered Before the American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 16, 1953
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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953
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