"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."
President Eisenhower
- farewell address January 16th, 1961

"If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."
-President James Madison