from Democrats for still more defense spending, more missiles, more aircraft and combat forces, and thinking too of the inexperience in managing such forces of the president-elect, Eisenhower warned, “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.”
