Presidential Power

A few days ago I posted some comments by people formerly in power and the ways by which they were kept in the dark about power.

Here is the quote by Eisenhower during his farewell address: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.

This is about the power that Presidents know about but are helpless to do anything about. It is instructive to read what the Presidents said about power (corporations) after they were out of the Presidency. Lincoln in particular. Jefferson was rocking way before he left the Presidency. Of course he was still a slaveholder.