Jimmy Carter

NATO was the middle-aged alliance, that new initiatives would be useful in redirecting it to new tasks.

My own analysis is that the items should be separated.

We recognize that Turkey is the keystone of NATO strength in the eastern Mediterranean.

I am looking forward to reviewing the progress that's been made in each of these three fields.

I'm especially grateful that our own Nation's relationships with Syria are being strengthened with every passing week.

I hope that this day's deliberations will be a contribution to peace in the Middle East which can help to guarantee peace and prosperity throughout the whole world.

I believe that it is a year of hope for substantial progress, but it can only be achieved with close consultation, open minds, and a determination to succeed in spite of very difficult obstacles.

Many more in the future, I hope.

I believe that if I can learn from President Asad today, that will be another major step toward the progress that we all hope to see.

I believe that the natural inclination of the Swiss people and the atmosphere and influence of Geneva will be conducive to major progress built upon this visit.

I am convinced that action is needed now, and that these steps will restore the financial integrity of the Social Security system.

Many of the American leaders who have been to Syria to meet with President Asad... have almost always come back to report that he is one of their favorite leaders of all the world.

There must be fairness; there must be some flexibility; there must be a forgetting about past differences and misunderstandings; there must be determination.

I believe that this visit in Geneva... can possibly be a milestone in the world's search for peace.

I want to express my deep thanks to President Asad for being willing to come to Geneva to meet with me.

It's with a great deal of pleasure and hope that I come to Geneva to meet with the great President of Syria, President Asad.

I hope that later on this year we might come back to find a resolution of differences that have separated one nation from another and one people from another for many, many years in the eastern Mediterranean area.

I am very delighted and proud to come for the first time to the beautiful country of Switzerland.

The Social Security system affects the lives of more Americans than almost any other function of government.

I have great confidence in the constructive attitude and the contribution which President Asad can bring to the difficult negotiations this year.

We've reached a very important agreement in this brief time.

We have no regional role to play in this year's deliberations, but we hope to act as an intermediary who can have influence only to the extent that the other nations trust us to be fair, to be objective, to be truthful, to be determined.

Prompt enactment of the measure I have recommended will provide the Social Security system with financial stability.

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

His views are going to be extremely important in the development of our final views with respect to the proposals which we may choose to make in connection with the settlement of the Middle East question.