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.

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

I have great confidence in the constructive attitude and the contribution which President Asad can bring to the difficult negotiations this year.

I am very delighted and proud to come for the first time to the beautiful country of Switzerland.

We've reached a very important agreement in this brief time.

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.

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

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

Freedom and democracy are the cornerstones of a just and prosperous society.

The last point I would like to make is this: We see very clearly a need for expanding the function of such institutions as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the regional banks.

I don't have any doubt that we all would like to have a summit meeting about once a year.

His views are going to be extremely important in the development of our final views with respect to the proposals which we may choose to make in connection with the settlement of the Middle East question.

Sometimes heads of state tend to overemphasize or overestimate our own influence.

It's a very difficult question, and it's one that they have avoided, apparently, in years gone by.

The question was: How do I see the forthcoming meeting with President Asad, which we will have tomorrow, and also my meeting with Foreign Minister Allon?

I would like very much to see the wall torn down.

There was agreement that there should be a common fund.

I think they also learned from the process, and therefore, we were very much encouraged when they were willing to agree to go forward with these studies.