Military-Industrial Complex Speech — Vocabulary
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1961 Farewell Address
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Progress toward these noble goals is persistently threatened by the conflict now engulfing the world.†1 more

Any failure traceable to arrogance, or our lack of comprehension or readiness to sacrifice would inflict upon us grievous hurt both at home and abroad.†1 more

Our people expect their President and the Congress to find essential agreement on issues of great moment, the wise resolution of which will better shape the future of the Nation.†1 more

May we be ever unswerving in devotion to principle, confident but humble with power, diligent in pursuit of the Nation's great goals.†1 more

But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions.†1 more

Another factor in maintaining balance involves the element of time.†

To meet it successfully, there is called for, not so much the emotional and transitory sacrifices of crisis, but rather those which enable us to carry forward steadily, surely, and without complaint the burdens of a prolonged and complex struggle—with liberty the stake.†

May we be ever unswerving in devotion to principle, confident but humble with power, diligent in pursuit of the Nation's great goals.†

Throughout America's adventure in free government, our basic purposes have been to keep the peace; to foster progress in human achievement, and to enhance liberty, dignity and integrity among people and among nations.†

Progress toward these noble goals is persistently threatened by the conflict now engulfing the world.†

As a private citizen, I shall never cease to do what little I can to help the world advance along that road.†

Steady progress toward our ultimate goal has been made.†

Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay down the responsibilities of office as, in traditional and solemn ceremony, the authority of the Presidency is vested in my successor.†

Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields.†

We recognize the imperative need for this development.†1 more

Understandably proud of this pre-eminence, we yet realize that America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment.†

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.†

Unhappily the danger it poses promises to be of indefinite duration.†

My own relations with the Congress, which began on a remote and tenuous basis when, long ago, a member of the Senate appointed me to West Point, have since ranged to the intimate during the war and immediate post-war period, and, finally, to the mutually interdependent during these past eight years.†

Any failure traceable to arrogance, or our lack of comprehension or readiness to sacrifice would inflict upon us grievous hurt both at home and abroad.†