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In 1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States warned in his farewell speech not to trust the “military-industrial complex.” That’s well known phrase often quoted by the Left when criticising Defense Budgets. What is far less known is a quote warning against Government support of scientific research. Eisenhower said, “The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present — and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and 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.” {emphasis mine, ed.}