jan 25, 1961 - Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address Warns Against the Creation of a Military Industrial Complex

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Eisenhower's farewell speech recognized that instead of companies such as general Electric and Ford being converted to create weapons during war time the US now had a full time arms industry. He warned his successors against this industry getting too much influence as the thing that makes a weapons company the most profit is a war.

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