Jimmy Carter

Our country is so great and so strong and, I hope, in its attitudes is enlightened, progressive, and also, benevolent.

The quality of our life is not yet what we would hope.

India sets a moral standard for many of us to emulate.

Mahatma Gandhi, a man who represented in his simple, courageous, and dedicated life, principles which never change.

We believe that governments exist to protect the freedom and the well-being of the people.

I bring you warm New Year's greetings from the people of the United States.

I know that I will feel at home here because of the things the United States and India have in common.

On these human rights can a world of justice be built, and toward these ends the people of America and the people of India must always work together.

We want the other peoples of the world to benefit from our consultation, our friendship, our standard of moral values, and our hope for world peace.

I am certainly grateful for this opportunity to visit your great country and to learn in person about the largest democracy on Earth.

I'm certainly delighted to begin my own new year by coming here to India to make new friends.

I would like to offer a toast at this time to the great leaders of Iran, the Shah and the Shahbanou and to the people of Iran and to the world peace that we hope together we can help to bring.

I invite First Secretary Gierek to visit the United States.

We want peace to return.

I express my gratitude to the First Secretary and to Mrs. Gierek for the splendid hospitality accorded in Poland.

Human beings are like parts of a body, created from the same essence.

Iran, because of the great leadership of the Shah, is an island of stability in one of the more troubled areas of the world.

I have had very fruitful discussions with First Secretary Gierek and the other officials of Poland on bilateral questions.

We want to seek in every possible way closer communications, better trade, closer friendship between our countries.

I have every expectation that this next year will bring success.

You were the ones who demonstrated a deep commitment to human rights, a belief in the value of human freedom and human life.

We believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the state, and vice versa.

On behalf of the people of the United States, I would like to propose a toast to the indomitable spirit and to the freedom of the Polish people.

We share cultural and scientific and engineering knowledge.

I saw very quickly that they had a deep love for the United States and, simultaneously, for Poland.