Jimmy Carter

Success is not measured by what we accumulate but by the positive impact we have on others.

We are all sobered by this reminder that, so late in the 20th century, a person can be sent to jail simply for asserting his basic human rights.

I speak today with the sadness the whole world feels at the sentence given Anatoly Shcharanskiy.

The struggle for human liberties is long and difficult, but it will be won.

President Carter's mother, Lillian Carter, will visit the Sahel region of West Africa as an emissary of the President.

I will nominate Jane Hurt Yarn, of Atlanta, Ga., to be a member of the Council on Environmental Quality.

We leave this morning for two trips combined into one.

I will nominate William K. Smith, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Railway Association for a 6-year term.

We don't expect to solve all the problems of the world, but we do expect to leave the economic summit with a more thorough understanding.

This is a sober time.

This visit will last 2 days.

All of the information contained in this report is available to Congress during annual appropriations and oversight hearings.

I recognize the economic interdependence of the people of the world.

I recommend that the statutory reporting requirement for this report be changed from once every year to once every three years.

The Commission shall conduct a comprehensive review of retirement, survivor, and disability programs existing in the United States.

I will nominate George M. Lane, of Westminster, Mass., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Yemen Arab Republic.

I urge the Committee to exercise its authority to extend the ratification deadline for ERA.

There is established the President's Commission on Pension Policy.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

Justice and fairness are essential for the health and stability of our society.

I believe that all people of good will can subscribe to these objectives.

I will nominate Talcott W. Seelye, of Bethesda, Md., as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Syrian Arab Republic.

I believe that German-American relations are in fact both very good and extraordinarily close.

The Federal Republic plays a vital role within the Western Alliance.

Our concern for human rights is global and is not restricted to any nation or region.