American Quote by John McAfee

Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex and the damage it could do to society.

— will.i.am

“The best way to rein in the excesses of the complex—and make us safer—is for well-informed voters to elect the kind of enlightened leaders…

— James McCartney

President [ Dwight] Eisenhower warned us, five star general, he said watch out for the military-industrial complex. That's a threat to our freedom, to…

— Ralph Nader

“We seemed about to enter an Olympian age in this country, brains and intellect harnessed to great force, the better to define a common…

— David Halberstam

“Eisenhower was the living symbol of what felt in 1969 like an easier age, when greatness was an American birthright, when the torrents of…

— Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy

I believe that this president [George W. Bush], regrettably, rushed us into a war, made decisions about foreign policy, pushed alliances away. And, as…

— John F. Kerry

As General Eisenhower discovered, it is easier to end the Cold War or stamp out poverty than to master this devilish pastime.

— James Reston, Jr

“The country no longer felt like the innocent place it was said to be in the Eisenhower fifties. Political murder, economic injustice and institutionalized…

— Bruce Springsteen

President Reagan was concerned - deeply concerned, emotionally concerned - with the loss of life of any American, but especially with the lives of…

— Robert McFarlane

“Eisenhower was certain any war with the Soviet Union would become a nuclear war, and any nuclear war would escalate into a full, all-out…

— Garrett M. Graff

“Eisenhower’s tragedy was that he permitted himself to be pushed into what turned out to be a trap. He had succumbed to General George…

— Ladislas Farago

“The actual legacy of Desert Storm was to plunge the United States more deeply into a sea of difficulties for which military power provided…

— Bacevich