Jimmy Carter

Some areas of concern include:--Use of consultants to perform work of a policy-making or managerial nature which should be retained directly by agency officials.

This must be corrected without delay.

Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy because human rights is the very soul of our sense of justice.

The alliance with Turkey is crucial to the security of Europe and to our own national future.

I think there was an eagerness on their part to teach.

I believe we have some countries that are temporarily inconvenienced economically, but there's an innate strength in the people who live in freedom.

I think there's common hope that the Cyprus question can be resolved.

We face the future with confidence that the other differences can be ironed out.

I think in every way my meetings here in England have been productive.

We do not need new institutions, only to make better use of one that has served us so well.

We hope not only to minimize the risks and costs of continuing arms competition but also to promote broader cooperation between our countries.

I think all of us want to have peace.

I have been very encouraged by the moderate attitude of the Arab leaders.

Our Alliance is a pact for peace and a pact for freedom.

We will continue to make the Alliance the heart of our foreign policy.

The whole visit? Well, it's been very productive for me.

America's concern for human rights does not reflect a desire to impose our particular political or social arrangements on any other country.

I believe I feel better about the prospect for some progress in the Middle East than I ever have before.

It is not enough for us to share common purposes; we must also strengthen the institutions that fulfill those purposes.

I have a very good personal friendship with Chancellor Schmidt.

I've had a renewed confidence in the strength of the Western democratic societies.

We take a particular interest in human rights and hope that good progress can be made in this field.

There was no inclination to dominate.

The notion of a fresh look at future tasks in the political field, the defense field, and the defense procurement field was met with general satisfaction.

I have instructed the Secretary of Defense to search out opportunities for buying increased European defense equipment where this is competitive.