The threat to our safety, and to the hope of a peaceful world, can be simply stated. It is communist imperialism. This threat is not something imagined by critics of the Soviets.

Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

We recognize the imperative need for this development [military-industrial complex]. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources, and livelihood are all involved. So is the very structure of our society.

Any survey of the free world's defense structure cannot fail to impart a feeling of regret that so much of our effort and resources must be devoted to armaments.

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.