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.
The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
Benjamin Carson, Scientist (1951) |
Pete Cashmore, Businessman (1985) |
Debbi Fields, Businesswoman (1956) |
June Foray, Actress (1917) |
James Gandolfini, Actor (1961) |
Greta Garbo, Actress (1905) |
Samuel Johnson, Author (1709) |
Alexander Bain, Philosopher (1903) |
Leonhard Euler, Mathematician (1783) |
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat (1961) |
Gwen John, Artist (1939) |
Corita Kent, Artist (1986) |
John Langdon, Politician (1819) |
Robert N. Lee, Writer (1964) |