Gerald Ford said...

Excellence has its own reward, not only to those who strive for it but also to the free society which encourages it.

I believe I speak for all of us when I say that Secretary Kissinger, whom we are honoring tonight, we have been impresse...

He is, so far as this American is concerned, the greatest Secretary of State in the history of our Republic.

We must also be aware that the events of the past year have left an agenda of unresolved problems.