Jimmy Carter

We are taking action in accordance with our own Nation's best interests.

I think it would be ill-advised for me to specify particular things that we are talking to them about now.

I am in favor of getting adequate water.

We've forbidden their fishing rights in our waters.

The Federal government must be the ally of small business, not its adversary.

Employment in firms with 500 or fewer employees increased by 7.5 million.

Viewed in the aggregate, there is nothing small about small business.

This Soviet action, in flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter, constitutes a most serious threat to international peace.

Unnecessary or poorly designed regulations and paperwork requirements hurt the whole economy.

The voice of small business be heard and heeded.

Access to the public capital markets was virtually closed to small businesses.

Small business is one of the sectors that is particularly hard hit by inflation.

Members of minority groups are greatly underrepresented in the ranks of small business.

Small businesses account for more than fifty percent of all private employment.

Inflation is one of the most vexing and intractable problems we face as a Nation.

Women make up more than half of the work force, less than 5% of all United States firms are owned by women.

The principle of the rule of law, vital to the whole world community, is at stake in this crisis.

It is incumbent upon us to identify and address those conditions which inhibit their formation and growth.

The United States is being severely tested today—tested for our moral courage, tested for our willingness to forgo economic profit, tested for our basic military strength, tested for our national unity, tested for our economic strength.

Clearly we have our work cut out for us, and this conference is an important part of that work.

We are beginning to turn the corner on both problems.

This is a good forum.

As part of my determination to meet this and other goals, I've directed all Federal agencies to implement Public Law 95-507 aggressively.

This gathering fulfills a long-time ambition of mine to have the voice of small business heard loud and clear here in Washington.

Please take the following actions regarding P.L. 95-507: review your OSDBU to see that it has the necessary resources and full-time staff to carry out the responsibilities mandated by this law.