April 4th

“Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government. …

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. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted…”
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Address, January 17, 1961

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
-Martin Luther King, April 4, 1967, Riverside Church in New York City

Dwight David Eisenhower died on March 28, 1969, in Washington, DC.
Martin Luther King was murdered on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.


We didn’t pay attention.