We face the future with confidence that the other differences can be ironed out.

I believe I feel better about the prospect for some progress in the Middle East than I ever have before.

The whole visit? Well, it's been very productive for me.

There was no inclination to dominate.

We do not need new institutions, only to make better use of one that has served us so well.

America's concern for human rights does not reflect a desire to impose our particular political or social arrangements on any other country.

Our Alliance is a pact for peace and a pact for freedom.

It is not enough for us to share common purposes; we must also strengthen the institutions that fulfill those purposes.

I think all of us want to have peace.

The Social Security system affects the lives of more Americans than almost any other function of government.

It's with a great deal of pleasure and hope that I come to Geneva to meet with the great President of Syria, President Asad.

I'm especially grateful that our own Nation's relationships with Syria are being strengthened with every passing week.

Prompt enactment of the measure I have recommended will provide the Social Security system with financial stability.

I believe that it is a year of hope for substantial progress, but it can only be achieved with close consultation, open minds, and a determination to succeed in spite of very difficult obstacles.

I believe that if I can learn from President Asad today, that will be another major step toward the progress that we all hope to see.

We have no regional role to play in this year's deliberations, but we hope to act as an intermediary who can have influence only to the extent that the other nations trust us to be fair, to be objective, to be truthful, to be determined.

I am convinced that action is needed now, and that these steps will restore the financial integrity of the Social Security system.

There must be fairness; there must be some flexibility; there must be a forgetting about past differences and misunderstandings; there must be determination.