The vast majority of American Government workers are superior people.

This administration is deeply committed to the goal of decent health care for every American.

Upcoming congressional floor action on Federal civil service reform and reorganization.

I think that the American people place inflation at the top of the list of things about which they are concerned.

I feel that the American consciousness was dealt a very severe blow by the Vietnam war and by the Watergate revelations.

I am a manager and a businessman and an engineer by background.

Above all, we are committed to proceeding in a prudent manner which does not fuel inflationary pressures.

We cannot manage the people who work under us.

We are also deeply concerned that our national health plan be prudently designed.

We want the employees to do an effective job.

I don't have any expectation of imposing mandatory wage and price controls.

The strength of our Nation is derived from people like you.

There's a reaction against one's family, against the school system, against law enforcement officials.

We now have the lowest unemployment rate since Lyndon Johnson lived in this house.

I hope that you will go home and try to evolve a similar meeting.

The essence of it is a new partnership, a partnership between private citizens and government.

This is a good day for me and is a memorable day in the history of our Nation.

Those of us assembled here this morning who have tried to carve out mutual principles for agreement, even in the most general language, know the difficulty of it.