Jimmy Carter

I would like to congratulate those who are forming the new Institute of Museum Services.

It's been 12 years since the United States had a gold medal brought back to us from the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.

This is a good year for our Nation, and this is a wonderful day for me.

Democracy is not just a system of government; it is a way of life.

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

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

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

We want the employees to do an effective job.

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

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

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.

We cannot manage the people who work under us.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Perhaps one of the most difficult international disputes ever witnessed, certainly in modern history, has been in the Middle East.

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

I look upon him as a man who still has a long career ahead of him, but already has exemplified in his personal and public life principles committed to basic human rights.