Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the 96th Congress, and my fellow citizens: 
Tonight I want to examine in a broad sense the state of our American Union-how we are building a new foundation for a peaceful and a prosperous world. Our children who will be born this year will come of age in the 21st century. What kind of society, what kind of world are we building for them? Will we ourselves be at peace? Will our children enjoy a better quality of life? Will a strong and united America still be a force for freedom and prosperity around the world? Tonight, there is every sign that the state of our Union is sound. Our economy offers greater prosperity for more of our people than ever before. Real per capita income and real business profits have risen substantially in the last 2 years. Farm exports are setting an all-time record each year, and farm income last year, net farm income, was up more than 25 percent. Our liberties are secure. Our military defenses are strong and growing stronger. And more importantly, tonight, America-our beloved country—is at peace. Our earliest national commitments, modified and reshaped by succeeding generations, have served us well. But the problems that we face today are different from those that confronted earlier generations of Americans. They are more subtle, more complex, and more interrelated. At home, we are recognizing ever more clearly that government alone cannot solve these problems. And abroad, few of them can be solved by the United States alone. But Americans as a united people, working with our allies and friends, have never been afraid to face problems and to solve problems, either here or abroad. The challenge to us is to build a new and firmer foundation for the future—for a sound economy, for a more effective government, for more political trust, and for a stable peace—so that the America our children inherit will be even stronger and even better than it is today. We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense. In our economy, it is a myth that we must choose endlessly between inflation and recession. Together, we build the foundation for a strong economy, with lower inflation, without contriving either a recession with its high unemployment or unworkable, mandatory government controls. In our government, it is a myth that we must choose between compassion and competence. Together, we build the foundation for a government that works—and works for people. In our relations with our potential adversaries, it is a myth that we must choose between confrontation and capitulation. Together, we build the foundation for a stable world of both diversity and peace. Together, we've already begun to build the foundation for confidence in our economic system. During the last 2 years, in bringing our economy out of the deepest recession since the 1930's, we've created 7,100,000 new jobs. The unemployment rate has gone down 25 percent. And now we must redouble our fight against the persistent inflation that has wracked our country for more than a decade. That's our important domestic issue, and we must do it together. We know that inflation is a burden for all Americans, but it's a disaster for the poor, the sick, and the old. No American family should be forced to choose among food, warmth, health care, or decent housing because the cost of any of these basic necessities has climbed out of reach. Three months ago, I outlined to the Nation a balanced anti-inflation program that couples responsible government restraint with responsible wage and price restraint. It's based upon my knowledge that there is a more powerful force than government compulsion—the force created by the cooperative efforts of millions of Americans working toward a common goal. Business and labor have been increasingly supportive. It's imperative that we in government do our part. We must stop excessive government growth, and we must control government spending habits. I've sent to this Congress a stringent but a fair budget, one that, since I ran for President in 1976, will have cut the Federal deficit in half. And as a percentage of our gross national product, the deficit will have dropped by almost 75 percent. This Congress had a good record last year, and I now ask the 96th Congress to continue this partnership in holding the line on excess Federal spending. It will not be easy. But we must be strong, and we must be persistent. This budget is a clear message that, with the help of you and the American people, I am determined, as President, to bring inflation under control. The 1980 budget provides enough spending restraint to begin unwinding inflation, but enough support for our country to keep American workers productive and to encourage the investments that provide new jobs. We will continue to mobilize our Nation's resources to reduce our trade deficit substantially this year and to maintain the strength of the American dollar. We've demonstrated in this restrained budget that we can build on the gains of the past 2 years to provide additional support to educate disadvantaged children, to care for the elderly, to provide nutrition and legal services for the poor, and to strengthen the economic base of our urban communities and, also, our rural areas. This year, we will take our first steps to develop a national health plan. We must never accept a permanent group of unemployed Americans, with no hope and no stake in building our society. For those left out of the economy because of discrimination, a lack of skills, or poverty, we must maintain high levels of training, and we must continue to provide jobs. A responsible budget is not our only weapon to control inflation. We must act now to protect all Americans from health care costs that are rising $1 million per hour, 24 hours a day, doubling every 5 years. We must take control of the largest contributor to that inflation—skyrocketing hospital costs. There will be no clearer test of the commitment of this Congress to the anti-inflation fight than the legislation that I will submit again this year to hold down inflation in hospital care. Over the next 5 years, my proposals will save Americans a total of $60 billion, of which $25 billion will be savings to the American taxpayer in the Federal budget itself. The American people have waited long enough. This year we must act on hospital cost containment. We must also fight inflation by improvements and better enforcement of our antitrust laws and by reducing government obstacles to competition in the private sector. We must begin to scrutinize the overall effect of regulation in our economy. Through deregulation of the airline industry we've increased profits, cut prices for all Americans, and begun—for one of the few times in the history of our Nation-to actually dismantle a major Federal bureaucracy. This year, we must begin the effort to reform our regulatory processes for the railroad, bus, and the trucking industries. America has the greatest economic system in the world. Let's reduce government interference and give it a chance to work. I call on Congress to take other anti-inflation action—to expand our exports to protect American jobs threatened by unfair trade, to conserve energy, to increase production and to speed development of solar power, and to reassess our Nation's technological superiority. American workers who enlist in the fight against inflation deserve not just our gratitude, but they deserve the protection of the real wage insurance proposal that I have already made to the Congress. To be successful, we must change our attitudes as well as our policies. We cannot afford to live beyond our means. We cannot afford to create programs that we can neither manage nor finance, or to waste our natural resources, and we cannot tolerate mismanagement and fraud. Above all, we must meet the challenges of inflation as a united people. With the support of the American people, government in recent decades has helped to dismantle racial barriers, has provided assistance for the jobless and the retired, has fed the hungry, has protected the safety, health, and bargaining rights of American workers, and has helped to preserve our natural heritage. But it's not enough to have created a lot of government programs. Now we must make the good programs more effective and improve or weed out those which are wasteful or unnecessary. With the support of the Congress, we've begun to reorganize and to get control of the bureaucracy. We are reforming the civil service system, so that we can recognize and reward those who do a good job and correct or remove those who do not. This year, we must extend major reorganization efforts to education, to economic development, and to the management of our natural resources. We need to enact a sunshine [sunset] law that when government programs have outlived their value, they will automatically be terminated. There's no such thing as an effective and a noncontroversial reorganization and reform. But we know that honest, effective government is essential to restore public faith in our public action. None of us can be satisfied when twothirds of the American citizens chose not to vote last year in a national election. Too many Americans feel powerless against the influence of private lobbying groups and the unbelievable flood of private campaign money which threatens our electoral process. This year, we must regain the public's faith by requiring limited financial funds from public funds for congressional election campaigns. House bill 1 provides for this public financing of campaigns. And I look forward with a great deal of anticipation to signing it at an early date. A strong economy and an effective government will restore confidence in America. But the path of the future must be charted in peace. We must continue to build a new and a firm foundation for a stable world community. We are building that new foundation from a position of national strength—the strength of our own defenses, the strength of our friendships with other nations, and of our oldest American ideals. America's military power is a major force for security and stability in the world. We must maintain our strategic capability and continue the progress of the last 2 years with our NATO Allies, with whom we have increased our readiness, modernized our equipment, and strengthened our defense forces in Europe. I urge you to support the strong defense budget which I have proposed to the Congress. But our national security in this complicated age requires more than just military might. In less than a lifetime, world population has more than doubled, colonial empires have disappeared, and a hundred new nations have been born. Mass communications, literacy, and migration to the world's cities have all awakened new yearnings for economic justice and human rights among people everywhere. This demand for justice and human rights is a wave of the future. In such a world, the choice is not which super power will dominate the world. None can and none will. The choice instead is between a world of anarchy and destruction, or a world of cooperation and peace. In such a world, we seek not to stifle inevitable change, but to influence its course in helpful and constructive ways that enhance our values, our national interests, and the cause of peace. Towering over this volatile, changing world, like a thundercloud on a summer day, looms the awesome power of nuclear weapons. We will continue to help shape the forces of change, to anticipate emerging problems of nuclear proliferation and conventional arms sales, and to use our great strength and influence to settle international conflicts in other parts of the world before they erupt and spread. We have no desire to be the world's policeman. But America does want to be the world's peacemaker. We are building the foundation for truly global cooperation, not only with Western and industrialized nations but with the developing countries as well. Our ties with Japan and our European allies are stronger than ever, and so are our friendly relations with the people of Latin America, Africa, and the Western Pacific and Asia. We've won new respect in this hemisphere with the Panama Canal treaties. We've gained new trust with the developing world through our opposition to racism, our commitment to human rights, and our support for majority rule in Africa. The multilateral trade negotiations are now reaching a successful conclusion, and congressional approval is essential to the economic well-being of our own country and of the world. This will be one of our top priorities in 1979. We are entering a hopeful era in our relations with one-fourth of the world's people who live in China. The presence of Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping next week will help to inaugurate that new era. And with prompt congressional action on authorizing legislation, we will continue our commitment to a prosperous, peaceful, and secure life for the people of Taiwan. I'm grateful that in the past year, as in the year before, no American has died in combat anywhere in the world. And in Iran, Nicaragua, Cyprus, Namibia, and Rhodesia, our country is working for peaceful solutions to dangerous conflicts. In the Middle East, under the most difficult circumstances, we have sought to help ancient enemies lay aside deep-seated differences that have produced four bitter wars in our lifetime. Our firm commitment to Israel's survival and security is rooted in our deepest convictions and in our knowledge of the strategic importance to our own Nation of a stable Middle East. To promote peace and reconciliation in the region, we must retain the trust and the confidence both of Israel and also of the Arab nations that are sincerely searching for peace. I am determined, as President, to use the full, beneficial influence of our country so that the precious opportunity for lasting peace between Israel and Egypt will not be lost. The new foundation of international cooperation that we seek excludes no nation. Cooperation with the Soviet Union serves the cause of peace, for in this nuclear age, world peace must include peace between the super powers—and it must mean the control of nuclear arms. Ten years ago, the United States and the Soviet Union made the historic decision to open the strategic arms limitations talks, or SALT. The purpose of SALT, then as now, is not to gain a unilateral advantage for either nation, but to protect the security of both nations, to reverse the costly and dangerous momentum of the nuclear arms race, to preserve a stable balance of nuclear forces, and to demonstrate to a concerned world that we are determined to help preserve the peace. The first SALT agreement was concluded in 1972. And since then, during 6 years of negotiation by both Republican and Democratic leaders, nearly all issues of SALT II have been resolved. If the Soviet Union continues to negotiate in good faith, a responsible SALT agreement will be reached. It's important that the American people understand the nature of the SALT process. SALT II is not based on sentiment; it's based on self-interest—of the United States and of the Soviet Union. Both nations share a powerful common interest in reducing the threat of a nuclear war. I will sign no agreement which does not enhance our national security. SALT II does not rely on trust; it will be verifiable. We have very sophisticated, proven means, including our satellites, to determine for ourselves whether or not the Soviet Union is meeting its treaty obligations. I will sign no agreement which cannot he verified. The American nuclear deterrent will remain strong after SALT II. For example, just one of our relatively invulnerable Poseidon submarines—comprising less than 2 percent of our total nuclear force of submarines, aircraft, and landbased missiles—carries enough warheads to destroy every large- and medium-sized city in the Soviet Union. Our deterrent is overwhelming, and I will sign no agreement unless our deterrent force will remain overwhelming. A SALT agreement, of course, cannot substitute for wise diplomacy or a strong defense, nor will it end the danger of nuclear war. But it will certainly reduce that danger. It will strengthen our efforts to ban nuclear tests and to stop the spread of atomic weapons to other nations. And it can begin the process of negotiating new agreements which will further limit nuclear arms. The path of arms control, backed by a strong defense—the path our Nation and every President has walked for 30 years-can lead to a world of law and of international negotiation and consultation in which all peoples might live in peace. In this year 1979, nothing is more important than that the Congress and the people of the United States resolve to continue with me on that path of nuclear arms control and world peace. This is paramount. I've outlined some of the changes that have transformed the world and which are continuing as we meet here tonight. But we in America need not fear change. The values on which our Nation was founded—individual liberty, self-determination, the potential for human fulfillment in freedom—all of these endure. We find these democratic principles praised, even in books smuggled out of totalitarian nations and on wallposters in lands which we thought were closed to our influence. Our country has regained its special place of leadership in the worldwide struggle for human rights. And that is a commitment that we must keep at home, as well as abroad. The civil rights revolution freed all Americans, black and white, but its full promise still remains unrealized. I will continue to work with all my strength for equal opportunity for all Americans-and for affirmative action for those who carry the extra burden of past denial of equal opportunity. We remain committed to improving our labor laws to better protect the rights of American workers. And our Nation must make it clear that the legal rights of women as citizens are guaranteed under the laws of our land by ratifying the equal rights amendment. As long as I'm President, at home and around the world America's examples and America's influence will be marshaled to advance the cause of human rights. To establish those values, two centuries ago a bold generation of Americans risked their property, their position, and life itself. We are their heirs, and they are sending us a message across the centuries. The words they made so vivid are now growing faintly indistinct, because they are not heard often enough. They are words like "justice," "equality," "unity," "truth," "sacrifice," "liberty," "faith," and "love." These words remind us that the duty of our generation of Americans is to renew our Nation's faith—not focused just against foreign threats but against the threats of selfishness, cynicism, and apathy. The new foundation I've discussed tonight can help us build a nation and a world where every child is nurtured and can look to the future with hope, where the resources now wasted on war can be turned towards meeting human needs, where all people have enough to eat, a decent home, and protection against disease. It can help us build a nation and a world where all people are free to seek the truth and to add to human understanding, so that all of us may live our lives in peace. Tonight, I ask you, the Members of the Congress, to join me in building that new foundation—a better foundation-for our beloved country and our world. 
Thank you very much.
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the 96th Congress, and my fellow citizens: Tonight I want to examine in a broad sense the state of our American Union-how we are building a new foundation for a peaceful and a prosperous world. Our children who will be born this year will come of age in the 21st century. What kind of society, what kind of world are we building for them? Will we ourselves be at peace? Will our children enjoy a better quality of life? Will a strong and united America still be a force for freedom and prosperity around the world? Tonight, there is every sign that the state of our Union is sound. Our economy offers greater prosperity for more of our people than ever before. Real per capita income and real business profits have risen substantially in the last 2 years. Farm exports are setting an all-time record each year, and farm income last year, net farm income, was up more than 25 percent. Our liberties are secure. Our military defenses are strong and growing stronger. And more importantly, tonight, America-our beloved country—is at peace. Our earliest national commitments, modified and reshaped by succeeding generations, have served us well. But the problems that we face today are different from those that confronted earlier generations of Americans. They are more subtle, more complex, and more interrelated. At home, we are recognizing ever more clearly that government alone cannot solve these problems. And abroad, few of them can be solved by the United States alone. But Americans as a united people, working with our allies and friends, have never been afraid to face problems and to solve problems, either here or abroad. The challenge to us is to build a new and firmer foundation for the future—for a sound economy, for a more effective government, for more political trust, and for a stable peace—so that the America our children inherit will be even stronger and even better than it is today. We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense. In our economy, it is a myth that we must choose endlessly between inflation and recession. Together, we build the foundation for a strong economy, with lower inflation, without contriving either a recession with its high unemployment or unworkable, mandatory government controls. In our government, it is a myth that we must choose between compassion and competence. Together, we build the foundation for a government that works—and works for people. In our relations with our potential adversaries, it is a myth that we must choose between confrontation and capitulation. Together, we build the foundation for a stable world of both diversity and peace. Together, we have already begun to build the foundation for confidence in our economic system. During the last 2 years, in bringing our economy out of the deepest recession since the 1930's, we have created 7,100,000 new jobs. The unemployment rate has gone down 25 percent. And now we must redouble our fight against the persistent inflation that has wracked our country for more than a decade. That is our important domestic issue, and we must do it together. We know that inflation is a burden for all Americans, but it is a disaster for the poor, the sick, and the old. No American family should be forced to choose among food, warmth, health care, or decent housing because the cost of any of these basic necessities has climbed out of reach. Three months ago, I outlined to the Nation a balanced anti-inflation program that couples responsible government restraint with responsible wage and price restraint. It is based upon my knowledge that there is a more powerful force than government compulsion—the force created by the cooperative efforts of millions of Americans working toward a common goal. Business and labor have been increasingly supportive. It is imperative that we in government do our part. We must stop excessive government growth, and we must control government spending habits. I have sent to this Congress a stringent but a fair budget, one that, since I ran for President in 1976, will have cut the Federal deficit in half. And as a percentage of our gross national product, the deficit will have dropped by almost 75 percent. This Congress had a good record last year, and I now ask the 96th Congress to continue this partnership in holding the line on excess Federal spending. It will not be easy. But we must be strong, and we must be persistent. This budget is a clear message that, with the help of you and the American people, I am determined, as President, to bring inflation under control. The 1980 budget provides enough spending restraint to begin unwinding inflation, but enough support for our country to keep American workers productive and to encourage the investments that provide new jobs. We will continue to mobilize our Nation's resources to reduce our trade deficit substantially this year and to maintain the strength of the American dollar. We have demonstrated in this restrained budget that we can build on the gains of the past 2 years to provide additional support to educate disadvantaged children, to care for the elderly, to provide nutrition and legal services for the poor, and to strengthen the economic base of our urban communities and, also, our rural areas. This year, we will take our first steps to develop a national health plan. We must never accept a permanent group of unemployed Americans, with no hope and no stake in building our society. For those left out of the economy because of discrimination, a lack of skills, or poverty, we must maintain high levels of training, and we must continue to provide jobs. A responsible budget is not our only weapon to control inflation. We must act now to protect all Americans from health care costs that are rising $1 million per hour, 24 hours a day, doubling every 5 years. We must take control of the largest contributor to that inflation—skyrocketing hospital costs. There will be no clearer test of the commitment of this Congress to the anti-inflation fight than the legislation that I will submit again this year to hold down inflation in hospital care. Over the next 5 years, my proposals will save Americans a total of $60 billion, of which $25 billion will be savings to the American taxpayer in the Federal budget itself. The American people have waited long enough. This year we must act on hospital cost containment. We must also fight inflation by improvements and better enforcement of our antitrust laws and by reducing government obstacles to competition in the private sector. We must begin to scrutinize the overall effect of regulation in our economy. Through deregulation of the airline industry we have increased profits, cut prices for all Americans, and begun—for one of the few times in the history of our Nation-to actually dismantle a major Federal bureaucracy. This year, we must begin the effort to reform our regulatory processes for the railroad, bus, and the trucking industries. America has the greatest economic system in the world. Let us reduce government interference and give it a chance to work. I call on Congress to take other anti-inflation action—to expand our exports to protect American jobs threatened by unfair trade, to conserve energy, to increase production and to speed development of solar power, and to reassess our Nation's technological superiority. American workers who enlist in the fight against inflation deserve not just our gratitude, but they deserve the protection of the real wage insurance proposal that I have already made to the Congress. To be successful, we must change our attitudes as well as our policies. We cannot afford to live beyond our means. We cannot afford to create programs that we can neither manage nor finance, or to waste our natural resources, and we cannot tolerate mismanagement and fraud. Above all, we must meet the challenges of inflation as a united people. With the support of the American people, government in recent decades has helped to dismantle racial barriers, has provided assistance for the jobless and the retired, has fed the hungry, has protected the safety, health, and bargaining rights of American workers, and has helped to preserve our natural heritage. But it is not enough to have created a lot of government programs. Now we must make the good programs more effective and improve or weed out those which are wasteful or unnecessary. With the support of the Congress, we have begun to reorganize and to get control of the bureaucracy. We are reforming the civil service system, so that we can recognize and reward those who do a good job and correct or remove those who do not. This year, we must extend major reorganization efforts to education, to economic development, and to the management of our natural resources. We need to enact a sunshine [sunset] law that when government programs have outlived their value, they will automatically be terminated. There is no such thing as an effective and a noncontroversial reorganization and reform. But we know that honest, effective government is essential to restore public faith in our public action. None of us can be satisfied when twothirds of the American citizens chose not to vote last year in a national election. Too many Americans feel powerless against the influence of private lobbying groups and the unbelievable flood of private campaign money which threatens our electoral process. This year, we must regain the public's faith by requiring limited financial funds from public funds for congressional election campaigns. House bill 1 provides for this public financing of campaigns. And I look forward with a great deal of anticipation to signing it at an early date. A strong economy and an effective government will restore confidence in America. But the path of the future must be charted in peace. We must continue to build a new and a firm foundation for a stable world community. We are building that new foundation from a position of national strength—the strength of our own defenses, the strength of our friendships with other nations, and of our oldest American ideals. America's military power is a major force for security and stability in the world. We must maintain our strategic capability and continue the progress of the last 2 years with our NATO Allies, with whom we have increased our readiness, modernized our equipment, and strengthened our defense forces in Europe. I urge you to support the strong defense budget which I have proposed to the Congress. But our national security in this complicated age requires more than just military might. In less than a lifetime, world population has more than doubled, colonial empires have disappeared, and a hundred new nations have been born. Mass communications, literacy, and migration to the world's cities have all awakened new yearnings for economic justice and human rights among people everywhere. This demand for justice and human rights is a wave of the future. In such a world, the choice is not which super power will dominate the world. None can and none will. The choice instead is between a world of anarchy and destruction, or a world of cooperation and peace. In such a world, we seek not to stifle inevitable change, but to influence its course in helpful and constructive ways that enhance our values, our national interests, and the because of peace. Towering over this volatile, changing world, like a thundercloud on a summer day, looms the awesome power of nuclear weapons. We will continue to help shape the forces of change, to anticipate emerging problems of nuclear proliferation and conventional arms sales, and to use our great strength and influence to settle international conflicts in other parts of the world before they erupt and spread. We have no desire to be the world's policeman. But America does want to be the world's peacemaker. We are building the foundation for truly global cooperation, not only with Western and industrialized nations but with the developing countries as well. Our ties with Japan and our European allies are stronger than ever, and so are our friendly relations with the people of Latin America, Africa, and the Western Pacific and Asia. We have won new respect in this hemisphere with the Panama Canal treaties. We have gained new trust with the developing world through our opposition to racism, our commitment to human rights, and our support for majority rule in Africa. The multilateral trade negotiations are now reaching a successful conclusion, and congressional approval is essential to the economic well-being of our own country and of the world. This will be one of our top priorities in 1979. We are entering a hopeful era in our relations with one-fourth of the world's people who live in China. The presence of Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping next week will help to inaugurate that new era. And with prompt congressional action on authorizing legislation, we will continue our commitment to a prosperous, peaceful, and secure life for the people of Taiwan. I am grateful that in the past year, as in the year before, no American has died in combat anywhere in the world. And in Iran, Nicaragua, Cyprus, Namibia, and Rhodesia, our country is working for peaceful solutions to dangerous conflicts. In the Middle East, under the most difficult circumstances, we have sought to help ancient enemies lay aside deep-seated differences that have produced four bitter wars in our lifetime. Our firm commitment to Israel's survival and security is rooted in our deepest convictions and in our knowledge of the strategic importance to our own Nation of a stable Middle East. To promote peace and reconciliation in the region, we must retain the trust and the confidence both of Israel and also of the Arab nations that are sincerely searching for peace. I am determined, as President, to use the full, beneficial influence of our country so that the precious opportunity for lasting peace between Israel and Egypt will not be lost. The new foundation of international cooperation that we seek excludes no nation. Cooperation with the Soviet Union serves the because of peace, for in this nuclear age, world peace must include peace between the super powers—and it must mean the control of nuclear arms. Ten years ago, the United States and the Soviet Union made the historic decision to open the strategic arms limitations talks, or SALT. The purpose of SALT, then as now, is not to gain a unilateral advantage for either nation, but to protect the security of both nations, to reverse the costly and dangerous momentum of the nuclear arms race, to preserve a stable balance of nuclear forces, and to demonstrate to a concerned world that we are determined to help preserve the peace. The first SALT agreement was concluded in 1972. And since then, during 6 years of negotiation by both Republican and Democratic leaders, nearly all issues of SALT II have been resolved. If the Soviet Union continues to negotiate in good faith, a responsible SALT agreement will be reached. It is important that the American people understand the nature of the SALT process. SALT II is not based on sentiment; it is based on self-interest—of the United States and of the Soviet Union. Both nations share a powerful common interest in reducing the threat of a nuclear war. I will sign no agreement which does not enhance our national security. SALT II does not rely on trust; it will be verifiable. We have very sophisticated, proven means, including our satellites, to determine for ourselves whether or not the Soviet Union is meeting its treaty obligations. I will sign no agreement which cannot he verified. The American nuclear deterrent will remain strong after SALT II. For example, just one of our relatively invulnerable Poseidon submarines—comprising less than 2 percent of our total nuclear force of submarines, aircraft, and landbased missiles—carries enough warheads to destroy every large- and medium-sized city in the Soviet Union. Our deterrent is overwhelming, and I will sign no agreement unless our deterrent force will remain overwhelming. A SALT agreement, of course, cannot substitute for wise diplomacy or a strong defense, nor will it end the danger of nuclear war. But it will certainly reduce that danger. It will strengthen our efforts to ban nuclear tests and to stop the spread of atomic weapons to other nations. And it can begin the process of negotiating new agreements which will further limit nuclear arms. The path of arms control, backed by a strong defense—the path our Nation and every President has walked for 30 years-can lead to a world of law and of international negotiation and consultation in which all peoples might live in peace. In this year 1979, nothing is more important than that the Congress and the people of the United States resolve to continue with me on that path of nuclear arms control and world peace. This is paramount. I have outlined some of the changes that have transformed the world and which are continuing as we meet here tonight. But we in America need not fear change. The values on which our Nation was founded—individual liberty, self-determination, the potential for human fulfillment in freedom—all of these endure. We find these democratic principles praised, even in books smuggled out of totalitarian nations and on wallposters in lands which we thought were closed to our influence. Our country has regained its special place of leadership in the worldwide struggle for human rights. And that is a commitment that we must keep at home, as well as abroad. The civil rights revolution freed all Americans, black and white, but its full promise still remains unrealized. I will continue to work with all my strength for equal opportunity for all Americans-and for affirmative action for those who carry the extra burden of past denial of equal opportunity. We remain committed to improving our labor laws to better protect the rights of American workers. And our Nation must make it clear that the legal rights of women as citizens are guaranteed under the laws of our land by ratifying the equal rights amendment. As long as I am President, at home and around the world America's examples and America's influence will be marshaled to advance the because of human rights. To establish those values, two centuries ago a bold generation of Americans risked their property, their position, and life itself. We are their heirs, and they are sending us a message across the centuries. The words they made so vivid are now growing faintly indistinct, because they are not heard often enough. They are words like "justice," "equality," "unity," "truth," "sacrifice," "liberty," "faith," and "love." These words remind us that the duty of our generation of Americans is to renew our Nation's faith—not focused just against foreign threats but against the threats of selfishness, cynicism, and apathy. The new foundation I have discussed tonight can help us build a nation and a world where every child is nurtured and can look to the future with hope, where the resources now wasted on war can be turned towards meeting human needs, where all people have enough to eat, a decent home, and protection against disease. It can help us build a nation and a world where all people are free to seek the truth and to add to human understanding, so that all of us may live our lives in peace. Tonight, I ask you, the Members of the Congress, to join me in building that new foundation—a better foundation-for our beloved country and our world. Thank you very much.
president speaker members of the 96th congress and my fellow citizens tonight i want to examine in a broad sense the state of our american we are building a new foundation for a peaceful and a prosperous world our children who will be born this year will come of age in the 21st century what kind of society what kind of world are we building for them will we ourselves be at peace will our children enjoy a better quality of life will a strong and united america still be a force for freedom and prosperity around the world tonight there is every sign that the state of our union is sound our economy offers greater prosperity for more of our people than ever before real per capita income and real business profits have risen substantially in the last 2 years farm exports are setting an record each year and farm income last year net farm income was up more than 25 percent our liberties are secure our military defenses are strong and growing stronger and more importantly tonight beloved at peace our earliest national commitments modified and reshaped by succeeding generations have served us well but the problems that we face today are different from those that confronted earlier generations of americans they are more subtle more complex and more interrelated at home we are recognizing ever more clearly that government alone can not solve these problems and abroad few of them can be solved by the united states alone but americans as a united people working with our allies and friends have never been afraid to face problems and to solve problems either here or abroad the challenge to us is to build a new and firmer foundation for the a sound economy for a more effective government for more political trust and for a stable that the america our children inherit will be even stronger and even better than it is today we can not resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense in our economy it is a myth that we must choose endlessly between inflation and recession together we build the foundation for a strong economy with lower inflation without contriving either a recession with its high unemployment or unworkable mandatory government controls in our government it is a myth that we must choose between compassion and competence together we build the foundation for a government that works for people in our relations with our potential adversaries it is a myth that we must choose between confrontation and capitulation together we build the foundation for a stable world of both diversity and peace together we have already begun to build the foundation for confidence in our economic system during the last 2 years in bringing our economy out of the deepest recession since the 1930 we have created new jobs the unemployment rate has gone down 25 percent and now we must redouble our fight against the persistent inflation that has wracked our country for more than a decade that is our important domestic issue and we must do it together we know that inflation is a burden for all americans but it is a disaster for the poor the sick and the old no american family should be forced to choose among food warmth health care or decent housing because the cost of any of these basic necessities has climbed out of reach three months ago i outlined to the nation a balanced program that couples responsible government restraint with responsible wage and price restraint it is based upon my knowledge that there is a more powerful force than government force created by the cooperative efforts of millions of americans working toward a common goal business and labor have been increasingly supportive it is imperative that we in government do our part we must stop excessive government growth and we must control government spending habits i have sent to this congress a stringent but a fair budget one that since i ran for president in 1976 will have cut the federal deficit in half and as a percentage of our gross national product the deficit will have dropped by almost 75 percent this congress had a good record last year and i now ask the 96th congress to continue this partnership in holding the line on excess federal spending it will not be easy but we must be strong and we must be persistent this budget is a clear message that with the help of you and the american people i am determined as president to bring inflation under control the 1980 budget provides enough spending restraint to begin unwinding inflation but enough support for our country to keep american workers productive and to encourage the investments that provide new jobs we will continue to mobilize our nation resources to reduce our trade deficit substantially this year and to maintain the strength of the american dollar we have demonstrated in this restrained budget that we can build on the gains of the past 2 years to provide additional support to educate disadvantaged children to care for the elderly to provide nutrition and legal services for the poor and to strengthen the economic base of our urban communities and also our rural areas this year we will take our first steps to develop a national health plan we must never accept a permanent group of unemployed americans with no hope and no stake in building our society for those left out of the economy because of discrimination a lack of skills or poverty we must maintain high levels of training and we must continue to provide jobs a responsible budget is not our only weapon to control inflation we must act now to protect all americans from health care costs that are rising 1 million per hour 24 hours a day doubling every 5 years we must take control of the largest contributor to that hospital costs there will be no clearer test of the commitment of this congress to the fight than the legislation that i will submit again this year to hold down inflation in hospital care over the next 5 years my proposals will save americans a total of 60 billion of which 25 billion will be savings to the american taxpayer in the federal budget itself the american people have waited long enough this year we must act on hospital cost containment we must also fight inflation by improvements and better enforcement of our antitrust laws and by reducing government obstacles to competition in the private sector we must begin to scrutinize the overall effect of regulation in our economy through deregulation of the airline industry we have increased profits cut prices for all americans and one of the few times in the history of our actually dismantle a major federal bureaucracy this year we must begin the effort to reform our regulatory processes for the railroad bus and the trucking industries america has the greatest economic system in the world let us reduce government interference and give it a chance to work i call on congress to take other expand our exports to protect american jobs threatened by unfair trade to conserve energy to increase production and to speed development of solar power and to reassess our nation technological superiority american workers who enlist in the fight against inflation deserve not just our gratitude but they deserve the protection of the real wage insurance proposal that i have already made to the congress to be successful we must change our attitudes as well as our policies we can not afford to live beyond our means we can not afford to create programs that we can neither manage nor finance or to waste our natural resources and we can not tolerate mismanagement and fraud above all we must meet the challenges of inflation as a united people with the support of the american people government in recent decades has helped to dismantle racial barriers has provided assistance for the jobless and the retired has fed the hungry has protected the safety health and bargaining rights of american workers and has helped to preserve our natural heritage but it is not enough to have created a lot of government programs now we must make the good programs more effective and improve or weed out those which are wasteful or unnecessary with the support of the congress we have begun to reorganize and to get control of the bureaucracy we are reforming the civil service system so that we can recognize and reward those who do a good job and correct or remove those who do not this year we must extend major reorganization efforts to education to economic development and to the management of our natural resources we need to enact a sunshine sunset law that when government programs have outlived their value they will automatically be terminated there is no such thing as an effective and a noncontroversial reorganization and reform but we know that honest effective government is essential to restore public faith in our public action none of us can be satisfied when twothirds of the american citizens chose not to vote last year in a national election too many americans feel powerless against the influence of private lobbying groups and the unbelievable flood of private campaign money which threatens our electoral process this year we must regain the public faith by requiring limited financial funds from public funds for congressional election campaigns house bill 1 provides for this public financing of campaigns and i look forward with a great deal of anticipation to signing it at an early date a strong economy and an effective government will restore confidence in america but the path of the future must be charted in peace we must continue to build a new and a firm foundation for a stable world community we are building that new foundation from a position of national strength of our own defenses the strength of our friendships with other nations and of our oldest american ideals america military power is a major force for security and stability in the world we must maintain our strategic capability and continue the progress of the last 2 years with our nato allies with whom we have increased our readiness modernized our equipment and strengthened our defense forces in europe i urge you to support the strong defense budget which i have proposed to the congress but our national security in this complicated age requires more than just military might in less than a lifetime world population has more than doubled colonial empires have disappeared and a hundred new nations have been born mass communications literacy and migration to the world cities have all awakened new yearnings for economic justice and human rights among people everywhere this demand for justice and human rights is a wave of the future in such a world the choice is not which super power will dominate the world none can and none will the choice instead is between a world of anarchy and destruction or a world of cooperation and peace in such a world we seek not to stifle inevitable change but to influence its course in helpful and constructive ways that enhance our values our national interests and the because of peace towering over this volatile changing world like a thundercloud on a summer day looms the awesome power of nuclear weapons we will continue to help shape the forces of change to anticipate emerging problems of nuclear proliferation and conventional arms sales and to use our great strength and influence to settle international conflicts in other parts of the world before they erupt and spread we have no desire to be the world policeman but america does want to be the world peacemaker we are building the foundation for truly global cooperation not only with western and industrialized nations but with the developing countries as well our ties with japan and our european allies are stronger than ever and so are our friendly relations with the people of latin america africa and the western pacific and asia we have won new respect in this hemisphere with the panama canal treaties we have gained new trust with the developing world through our opposition to racism our commitment to human rights and our support for majority rule in africa the multilateral trade negotiations are now reaching a successful conclusion and congressional approval is essential to the economic of our own country and of the world this will be one of our top priorities in 1979 we are entering a hopeful era in our relations with of the world people who live in china the presence of vice premier deng xiaoping next week will help to inaugurate that new era and with prompt congressional action on authorizing legislation we will continue our commitment to a prosperous peaceful and secure life for the people of taiwan i am grateful that in the past year as in the year before no american has died in combat anywhere in the world and in iran nicaragua cyprus namibia and rhodesia our country is working for peaceful solutions to dangerous conflicts in the middle east under the most difficult circumstances we have sought to help ancient enemies lay aside differences that have produced four bitter wars in our lifetime our firm commitment to israel survival and security is rooted in our deepest convictions and in our knowledge of the strategic importance to our own nation of a stable middle east to promote peace and reconciliation in the region we must retain the trust and the confidence both of israel and also of the arab nations that are sincerely searching for peace i am determined as president to use the full beneficial influence of our country so that the precious opportunity for lasting peace between israel and egypt will not be lost the new foundation of international cooperation that we seek excludes no nation cooperation with the soviet union serves the because of peace for in this nuclear age world peace must include peace between the super it must mean the control of nuclear arms ten years ago the united states and the soviet union made the historic decision to open the strategic arms limitations talks or salt the purpose of salt then as now is not to gain a unilateral advantage for either nation but to protect the security of both nations to reverse the costly and dangerous momentum of the nuclear arms race to preserve a stable balance of nuclear forces and to demonstrate to a concerned world that we are determined to help preserve the peace the first salt agreement was concluded in 1972 and since then during 6 years of negotiation by both republican and democratic leaders nearly all issues of salt ii have been resolved if the soviet union continues to negotiate in good faith a responsible salt agreement will be reached it is important that the american people understand the nature of the salt process salt ii is not based on sentiment it is based on the united states and of the soviet union both nations share a powerful common interest in reducing the threat of a nuclear war i will sign no agreement which does not enhance our national security salt ii does not rely on trust it will be verifiable we have very sophisticated proven means including our satellites to determine for ourselves whether or not the soviet union is meeting its treaty obligations i will sign no agreement which can not he verified the american nuclear deterrent will remain strong after salt ii for example just one of our relatively invulnerable poseidon less than 2 percent of our total nuclear force of submarines aircraft and landbased enough warheads to destroy every and city in the soviet union our deterrent is overwhelming and i will sign no agreement unless our deterrent force will remain overwhelming a salt agreement of course can not substitute for wise diplomacy or a strong defense nor will it end the danger of nuclear war but it will certainly reduce that danger it will strengthen our efforts to ban nuclear tests and to stop the spread of atomic weapons to other nations and it can begin the process of negotiating new agreements which will further limit nuclear arms the path of arms control backed by a strong path our nation and every president has walked for 30 lead to a world of law and of international negotiation and consultation in which all peoples might live in peace in this year 1979 nothing is more important than that the congress and the people of the united states resolve to continue with me on that path of nuclear arms control and world peace this is paramount i have outlined some of the changes that have transformed the world and which are continuing as we meet here tonight but we in america need not fear change the values on which our nation was liberty the potential for human fulfillment in of these endure we find these democratic principles praised even in books smuggled out of totalitarian nations and on wallposters in lands which we thought were closed to our influence our country has regained its special place of leadership in the worldwide struggle for human rights and that is a commitment that we must keep at home as well as abroad the civil rights revolution freed all americans black and white but its full promise still remains unrealized i will continue to work with all my strength for equal opportunity for all for affirmative action for those who carry the extra burden of past denial of equal opportunity we remain committed to improving our labor laws to better protect the rights of american workers and our nation must make it clear that the legal rights of women as citizens are guaranteed under the laws of our land by ratifying the equal rights amendment as long as i am president at home and around the world america examples and america influence will be marshaled to advance the because of human rights to establish those values two centuries ago a bold generation of americans risked their property their position and life itself we are their heirs and they are sending us a message across the centuries the words they made so vivid are now growing faintly indistinct because they are not heard often enough they are words like justice equality unity truth sacrifice liberty faith and love these words remind us that the duty of our generation of americans is to renew our nation focused just against foreign threats but against the threats of selfishness cynicism and apathy the new foundation i have discussed tonight can help us build a nation and a world where every child is nurtured and can look to the future with hope where the resources now wasted on war can be turned towards meeting human needs where all people have enough to eat a decent home and protection against disease it can help us build a nation and a world where all people are free to seek the truth and to add to human understanding so that all of us may live our lives in peace tonight i ask you the members of the congress to join me in building that new better our beloved country and our world thank you very much
president speaker members 96th congress fellow citizens tonight want examine broad sense state american building new foundation peaceful prosperous world children born year come age 21st century kind society kind world building peace children enjoy better quality life strong united america still force freedom prosperity around world tonight every sign state union sound economy offers greater prosperity people ever real per capita income real business profits risen substantially last 2 years farm exports setting record year farm income last year net farm income 25 percent liberties secure military defenses strong growing stronger importantly tonight beloved peace earliest national commitments modified reshaped succeeding generations served us well problems face today different confronted earlier generations americans subtle complex interrelated home recognizing ever clearly government alone solve problems abroad solved united states alone americans united people working allies friends never afraid face problems solve problems either abroad challenge us build new firmer foundation sound economy effective government political trust stable america children inherit even stronger even better today resort simplistic extreme solutions substitute myths common sense economy myth must choose endlessly inflation recession together build foundation strong economy lower inflation without contriving either recession high unemployment unworkable mandatory government controls government myth must choose compassion competence together build foundation government works people relations potential adversaries myth must choose confrontation capitulation together build foundation stable world diversity peace together already begun build foundation confidence economic system last 2 years bringing economy deepest recession since 1930 created new jobs unemployment rate gone 25 percent must redouble fight persistent inflation wracked country decade important domestic issue must together know inflation burden americans disaster poor sick old american family forced choose among food warmth health care decent housing cost basic necessities climbed reach three months ago outlined nation balanced program couples responsible government restraint responsible wage price restraint based upon knowledge powerful force government force created cooperative efforts millions americans working toward common goal business labor increasingly supportive imperative government part must stop excessive government growth must control government spending habits sent congress stringent fair budget one since ran president 1976 cut federal deficit half percentage gross national product deficit dropped almost 75 percent congress good record last year ask 96th congress continue partnership holding line excess federal spending easy must strong must persistent budget clear message help american people determined president bring inflation control 1980 budget provides enough spending restraint begin unwinding inflation enough support country keep american workers productive encourage investments provide new jobs continue mobilize nation resources reduce trade deficit substantially year maintain strength american dollar demonstrated restrained budget build gains past 2 years provide additional support educate disadvantaged children care elderly provide nutrition legal services poor strengthen economic base urban communities also rural areas year take first steps develop national health plan must never accept permanent group unemployed americans hope stake building society left economy discrimination lack skills poverty must maintain high levels training must continue provide jobs responsible budget weapon control inflation must act protect americans health care costs rising 1 million per hour 24 hours day doubling every 5 years must take control largest contributor hospital costs clearer test commitment congress fight legislation submit year hold inflation hospital care next 5 years proposals save americans total 60 billion 25 billion savings american taxpayer federal budget american people waited long enough year must act hospital cost containment must also fight inflation improvements better enforcement antitrust laws reducing government obstacles competition private sector must begin scrutinize overall effect regulation economy deregulation airline industry increased profits cut prices americans one times history actually dismantle major federal bureaucracy year must begin effort reform regulatory processes railroad bus trucking industries america greatest economic system world let us reduce government interference give chance work call congress take expand exports protect american jobs threatened unfair trade conserve energy increase production speed development solar power reassess nation technological superiority american workers enlist fight inflation deserve gratitude deserve protection real wage insurance proposal already made congress successful must change attitudes well policies afford live beyond means afford create programs neither manage finance waste natural resources tolerate mismanagement fraud must meet challenges inflation united people support american people government recent decades helped dismantle racial barriers provided assistance jobless retired fed hungry protected safety health bargaining rights american workers helped preserve natural heritage enough created lot government programs must make good programs effective improve weed wasteful unnecessary support congress begun reorganize get control bureaucracy reforming civil service system recognize reward good job correct remove year must extend major reorganization efforts education economic development management natural resources need enact sunshine sunset law government programs outlived value automatically terminated thing effective noncontroversial reorganization reform know honest effective government essential restore public faith public action none us satisfied twothirds american citizens chose vote last year national election many americans feel powerless influence private lobbying groups unbelievable flood private campaign money threatens electoral process year must regain public faith requiring limited financial funds public funds congressional election campaigns house bill 1 provides public financing campaigns look forward great deal anticipation signing early date strong economy effective government restore confidence america path future must charted peace must continue build new firm foundation stable world community building new foundation position national strength defenses strength friendships nations oldest american ideals america military power major force security stability world must maintain strategic capability continue progress last 2 years nato allies increased readiness modernized equipment strengthened defense forces europe urge support strong defense budget proposed congress national security complicated age requires military might less lifetime world population doubled colonial empires disappeared hundred new nations born mass communications literacy migration world cities awakened new yearnings economic justice human rights among people everywhere demand justice human rights wave future world choice super power dominate world none none choice instead world anarchy destruction world cooperation peace world seek stifle inevitable change influence course helpful constructive ways enhance values national interests peace towering volatile changing world like thundercloud summer day looms awesome power nuclear weapons continue help shape forces change anticipate emerging problems nuclear proliferation conventional arms sales use great strength influence settle international conflicts parts world erupt spread desire world policeman america want world peacemaker building foundation truly global cooperation western industrialized nations developing countries well ties japan european allies stronger ever friendly relations people latin america africa western pacific asia new respect hemisphere panama canal treaties gained new trust developing world opposition racism commitment human rights support majority rule africa multilateral trade negotiations reaching successful conclusion congressional approval essential economic country world one top priorities 1979 entering hopeful era relations world people live china presence vice premier deng xiaoping next week help inaugurate new era prompt congressional action authorizing legislation continue commitment prosperous peaceful secure life people taiwan grateful past year year american died combat anywhere world iran nicaragua cyprus namibia rhodesia country working peaceful solutions dangerous conflicts middle east difficult circumstances sought help ancient enemies lay aside differences produced four bitter wars lifetime firm commitment israel survival security rooted deepest convictions knowledge strategic importance nation stable middle east promote peace reconciliation region must retain trust confidence israel also arab nations sincerely searching peace determined president use full beneficial influence country precious opportunity lasting peace israel egypt lost new foundation international cooperation seek excludes nation cooperation soviet union serves peace nuclear age world peace must include peace super must mean control nuclear arms ten years ago united states soviet union made historic decision open strategic arms limitations talks salt purpose salt gain unilateral advantage either nation protect security nations reverse costly dangerous momentum nuclear arms race preserve stable balance nuclear forces demonstrate concerned world determined help preserve peace first salt agreement concluded 1972 since 6 years negotiation republican democratic leaders nearly issues salt ii resolved soviet union continues negotiate good faith responsible salt agreement reached important american people understand nature salt process salt ii based sentiment based united states soviet union nations share powerful common interest reducing threat nuclear war sign agreement enhance national security salt ii rely trust verifiable sophisticated proven means including satellites determine whether soviet union meeting treaty obligations sign agreement verified american nuclear deterrent remain strong salt ii example one relatively invulnerable poseidon less 2 percent total nuclear force submarines aircraft landbased enough warheads destroy every city soviet union deterrent overwhelming sign agreement unless deterrent force remain overwhelming salt agreement course substitute wise diplomacy strong defense end danger nuclear war certainly reduce danger strengthen efforts ban nuclear tests stop spread atomic weapons nations begin process negotiating new agreements limit nuclear arms path arms control backed strong path nation every president walked 30 lead world law international negotiation consultation peoples might live peace year 1979 nothing important congress people united states resolve continue path nuclear arms control world peace paramount outlined changes transformed world continuing meet tonight america need fear change values nation liberty potential human fulfillment endure find democratic principles praised even books smuggled totalitarian nations wallposters lands thought closed influence country regained special place leadership worldwide struggle human rights commitment must keep home well abroad civil rights revolution freed americans black white full promise still remains unrealized continue work strength equal opportunity affirmative action carry extra burden past denial equal opportunity remain committed improving labor laws better protect rights american workers nation must make clear legal rights women citizens guaranteed laws land ratifying equal rights amendment long president home around world america examples america influence marshaled advance human rights establish values two centuries ago bold generation americans risked property position life heirs sending us message across centuries words made vivid growing faintly indistinct heard often enough words like justice equality unity truth sacrifice liberty faith love words remind us duty generation americans renew nation focused foreign threats threats selfishness cynicism apathy new foundation discussed tonight help us build nation world every child nurtured look future hope resources wasted war turned towards meeting human needs people enough eat decent home protection disease help us build nation world people free seek truth add human understanding us may live lives peace tonight ask members congress join building new better beloved country world thank much
president speaker member 96th congress fellow citizen tonight want examine broad sense state american build new foundation peaceful prosperous world child bear year come age 21st century kind society kind world build peace child enjoy good quality life strong united america still force freedom prosperity around world tonight every sign state union sound economy offer great prosperity people ever real per capita income real business profit rise substantially last 2 year farm export set record year farm income last year net farm income 25 percent liberty secure military defense strong grow strong importantly tonight beloved peace early national commitment modify reshape succeed generation serve u well problem face today different confront earlier generation americans subtle complex interrelate home recognize ever clearly government alone solve problem abroad solve united state alone american united people work ally friends never afraid face problem solve problem either abroad challenge u build new firm foundation sound economy effective government political trust stable america child inherit even strong even well today resort simplistic extreme solution substitute myths common sense economy myth must choose endlessly inflation recession together build foundation strong economy low inflation without contrive either recession high unemployment unworkable mandatory government control government myth must choose compassion competence together build foundation government work people relation potential adversary myth must choose confrontation capitulation together build foundation stable world diversity peace together already begin build foundation confidence economic system last 2 year bring economy deep recession since 1930 create new job unemployment rate go 25 percent must redouble fight persistent inflation wrack country decade important domestic issue must together know inflation burden american disaster poor sick old american family force choose among food warmth health care decent housing cost basic necessity climb reach three month ago outline nation balance program couple responsible government restraint responsible wage price restraint base upon knowledge powerful force government force create cooperative effort million american work toward common goal business labor increasingly supportive imperative government part must stop excessive government growth must control government spending habit send congress stringent fair budget one since ran president 1976 cut federal deficit half percentage gross national product deficit drop almost 75 percent congress good record last year ask 96th congress continue partnership hold line excess federal spending easy must strong must persistent budget clear message help american people determine president bring inflation control 1980 budget provide enough spending restraint begin unwind inflation enough support country keep american worker productive encourage investment provide new job continue mobilize nation resource reduce trade deficit substantially year maintain strength american dollar demonstrate restrained budget build gain past 2 year provide additional support educate disadvantage child care elderly provide nutrition legal service poor strengthen economic base urban community also rural area year take first step develop national health plan must never accept permanent group unemployed americans hope stake building society leave economy discrimination lack skills poverty must maintain high level train must continue provide job responsible budget weapon control inflation must act protect american health care cost rise 1 million per hour 24 hour day double every 5 year must take control large contributor hospital cost clearer test commitment congress fight legislation submit year hold inflation hospital care next 5 year proposal save american total 60 billion 25 billion saving american taxpayer federal budget american people wait long enough year must act hospital cost containment must also fight inflation improvement well enforcement antitrust law reduce government obstacle competition private sector must begin scrutinize overall effect regulation economy deregulation airline industry increase profit cut price americans one time history actually dismantle major federal bureaucracy year must begin effort reform regulatory process railroad bus trucking industry america great economic system world let u reduce government interference give chance work call congress take expand export protect american job threaten unfair trade conserve energy increase production speed development solar power reassess nation technological superiority american worker enlist fight inflation deserve gratitude deserve protection real wage insurance proposal already make congress successful must change attitude well policy afford live beyond mean afford create program neither manage finance waste natural resource tolerate mismanagement fraud must meet challenge inflation united people support american people government recent decade help dismantle racial barrier provide assistance jobless retire fed hungry protect safety health bargaining right american worker help preserve natural heritage enough create lot government program must make good program effective improve weed wasteful unnecessary support congress begin reorganize get control bureaucracy reform civil service system recognize reward good job correct remove year must extend major reorganization effort education economic development management natural resource need enact sunshine sunset law government program outlive value automatically terminate thing effective noncontroversial reorganization reform know honest effective government essential restore public faith public action none u satisfy twothirds american citizen choose vote last year national election many american feel powerless influence private lobbying group unbelievable flood private campaign money threaten electoral process year must regain public faith requiring limit financial fund public fund congressional election campaign house bill 1 provide public financing campaign look forward great deal anticipation sign early date strong economy effective government restore confidence america path future must chart peace must continue build new firm foundation stable world community build new foundation position national strength defense strength friendship nation oldest american ideal america military power major force security stability world must maintain strategic capability continue progress last 2 year nato ally increase readiness modernize equipment strengthen defense force europe urge support strong defense budget propose congress national security complicate age require military might less lifetime world population double colonial empire disappear hundred new nation bear mass communication literacy migration world city awaken new yearning economic justice human right among people everywhere demand justice human right wave future world choice super power dominate world none none choice instead world anarchy destruction world cooperation peace world seek stifle inevitable change influence course helpful constructive way enhance value national interest peace tower volatile change world like thundercloud summer day loom awesome power nuclear weapon continue help shape force change anticipate emerging problem nuclear proliferation conventional arm sale use great strength influence settle international conflict part world erupt spread desire world policeman america want world peacemaker build foundation truly global cooperation western industrialize nation develop country well tie japan european ally stronger ever friendly relation people latin america africa western pacific asia new respect hemisphere panama canal treaty gain new trust develop world opposition racism commitment human right support majority rule africa multilateral trade negotiation reach successful conclusion congressional approval essential economic country world one top priority 1979 enter hopeful era relation world people live china presence vice premier deng xiaoping next week help inaugurate new era prompt congressional action authorize legislation continue commitment prosperous peaceful secure life people taiwan grateful past year year american die combat anywhere world iran nicaragua cyprus namibia rhodesia country work peaceful solution dangerous conflict middle east difficult circumstance seek help ancient enemy lay aside difference produce four bitter war lifetime firm commitment israel survival security root deep conviction knowledge strategic importance nation stable middle east promote peace reconciliation region must retain trust confidence israel also arab nation sincerely search peace determine president use full beneficial influence country precious opportunity last peace israel egypt lose new foundation international cooperation seek exclude nation cooperation soviet union serve peace nuclear age world peace must include peace super must mean control nuclear arm ten year ago unite state soviet union make historic decision open strategic arm limitation talk salt purpose salt gain unilateral advantage either nation protect security nation reverse costly dangerous momentum nuclear arm race preserve stable balance nuclear force demonstrate concerned world determine help preserve peace first salt agreement conclude 1972 since 6 year negotiation republican democratic leader nearly issue salt ii resolve soviet union continue negotiate good faith responsible salt agreement reach important american people understand nature salt process salt ii base sentiment base united state soviet union nation share powerful common interest reduce threat nuclear war sign agreement enhance national security salt ii rely trust verifiable sophisticated proven mean include satellite determine whether soviet union meeting treaty obligation sign agreement verified american nuclear deterrent remain strong salt ii example one relatively invulnerable poseidon less 2 percent total nuclear force submarine aircraft landbased enough warheads destroy every city soviet union deterrent overwhelm sign agreement unless deterrent force remain overwhelming salt agreement course substitute wise diplomacy strong defense end danger nuclear war certainly reduce danger strengthen effort ban nuclear test stop spread atomic weapon nation begin process negotiate new agreement limit nuclear arm path arm control back strong path nation every president walk 30 lead world law international negotiation consultation people might live peace year 1979 nothing important congress people united state resolve continue path nuclear arm control world peace paramount outline change transform world continue meet tonight america need fear change value nation liberty potential human fulfillment endure find democratic principle praise even book smuggle totalitarian nation wallposters land think closed influence country regain special place leadership worldwide struggle human right commitment must keep home well abroad civil right revolution free american black white full promise still remain unrealized continue work strength equal opportunity affirmative action carry extra burden past denial equal opportunity remain committed improve labor law well protect right american worker nation must make clear legal right woman citizen guarantee law land ratify equal right amendment long president home around world america example america influence marshal advance human right establish value two century ago bold generation american risk property position life heir send u message across century word make vivid grow faintly indistinct heard often enough word like justice equality unity truth sacrifice liberty faith love word remind u duty generation americans renew nation focus foreign threat threat selfishness cynicism apathy new foundation discuss tonight help u build nation world every child nurture look future hope resource waste war turn towards meet human need people enough eat decent home protection disease help u build nation world people free seek truth add human understand u may live life peace tonight ask member congress join build new well beloved country world thank much