“Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry...
We have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions...
Added to this, 3½ million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment...
Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience...
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.”
Courtesy of Tomgram
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