Eisenhower's Farewell Address

we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by 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.

The Great General warns of

"The Military-Industrial Complex"

"Anyone who would spend $40 billion in a race to the moon for national prestige is nuts."

Dwight Eisenhower

Burke

End of the line thinking "All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing."

A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government."

In this revolution, research has become central, it also becomes more formalized, complex, and costly. A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government."

Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry ... ....so that security and liberty may prosper together."

Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry 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."

We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.

We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted.

public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.

Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite."

The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars

"The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present - and is gravely to be regarded.

technological revolution

Akin to, and largely responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades.

Hannah Arendt coined term "The banality of evil"

Arendt's thesis was that the great evils in history generally, and the Holocaust in particular, were not executed by fanatics or sociopaths, but rather by ordinary people who accepted the premises of their state and therefore participated with the view that their actions were normal.