Leadership is about inspiring others to strive for excellence and achieve their best.

Because of Doctor Jonas E. Salk, our country is free from the cruel epidemics of poliomyelitis that once struck almost yearly.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was the conscience of his generation.

I will nominate Louis A. Lerner, of Chicago, Ill., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Norway.

We must realize man's full potential within a socially, politically, and economically just system.

Individual program activities and funding levels must be carefully considered not only on the basis of individual program merit, but also in light of overall resource availability and fiscal policy.

Freedom is not a temple that is completed when the last stone is in place, but a living thing that each generation must create anew.

We agree on the need for intensifying and supporting efforts to attain general and complete disarmament.

Both of these proposed levels are substantially in excess of my current budget request for 1978.

The work of freedom can never be finished.

The struggle for observance of human rights is an integral part of the political values of democratic societies.

While the research conducted by this Institute is of great importance, there are a large number of competing urgent national needs.

I will nominate Lawrence A. Pezzullo, of Bethesda, Md., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Uruguay.

We reaffirm our determination to continue efforts on the international level to avoid the dangers of nuclear weapons proliferation.

The report contains two funding plans which have been generated by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

International relations should be based on mutual respect and cooperation.

We recognize in terrorism a threat which endangers the lives of innocent persons and jeopardizes peace.

I believe that it has been good during this year to have the discussions much more open.