I think the passage of Proposition 13 has sent a shock wave through the consciousness of every public servant.

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

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

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

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

The vast majority of American Government workers are superior people.

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

We want the employees to do an effective job.

We cannot manage the people who work under us.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Arthur Goldberg is a man who has devoted his life to humanitarian pursuits in the widest possible range of both interest and notable accomplishment.