tly engaged in the defense establishment.
We annually spend on military security more than the net ine of all United States corporations.
This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience.
The total influence-economic, political, even spiritual--is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government.
We recognize the imperative need for this development.
Yet we must not fail to prehend its grave implications.
Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial plex.
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this bination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We shoul
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