Jimmy Carter

We also have seen a country evolve there, looking back on the superb leadership of the great liberator, Simon Bolivar.

His commitment to the basic principles of human rights, individual freedom, and liberty were vividly demonstrated recently at the Organization of American States conference.

Everyone is privileged to vote and is urged to vote and the decisions of the people on election day are binding without question.

President Perez has become an active and effective spokesman for the Third World nations.

Venezuela has earned the great admiration of all those who believe in freedom and in the open, democratic processes of government.

We want to be sure that when the study is completed, that our military personnel will be encouraged to enlist and to serve a long career.

This afternoon we are establishing a Commission on Military Compensation, which I think will have great impact on the future of our country.

I will nominate Sar A. Levitan, of Washington, D.C., to be a member of the National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics.

This is going to be a very time-consuming effort, very complicated and, as you can well imagine, very controversial.

We now spend almost 60 percent of our total military budget on personnel.

I will nominate William Drayton, Jr., of Cambridge, Mass., to be Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

I know how important it is to have both good pay and good morale within our military forces.

I've asked this very fine Commission to do a complete analysis of the military compensation system in our country.

The Commission shall review at least the analyses, findings, and recommendations related to military compensation.

The report shall recommend how the military compensation system can best be structured to serve the national interest.

There is established the President's Commission on Military Compensation.

Freedom and democracy are the bedrock of a just and prosperous society.

An orderly marketing agreement was entered into on May 20, 1977, between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Japan with respect to the trade in certain articles of color television receivers effective July…

I think that's a very fine achievement.

We need your help, not just to raise funds for our party but also to make sure that the purposes of our Nation are realized.

I want to thank the many individual families and public and private institutions that contribute so generously to this program.

This change is slow, but I think it exemplifies what the American people feel, and I believe it's an achievement of which we can be proud.

We continue to make progress in assisting the Indochina refugee to become a self-sufficient member of his new community.

I ran for 2 years, and the only thing I've got out of it so far is an income tax audit.

I think it reestablishes our country as kind of a beacon light for something that's right and decent and proper and humane.