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Eisenhower’s Prophetic Warning From 55 Years Ago

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In 1960, Eisenhower foresaw the possibility of a moron like Obama following him.

The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocation, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded.

Yet in holding scientific discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.

– President Eisenhower  1960

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