Preface: an overview of public address, 1977-1978
For ratification of treaties with Panama / Dean Rusk
Senate debate over ratification of treaties concerning the Panama Canal
Samuel I. Hayakawa, Orrin G. Hatch, and Daniel P. Moynihan
Keeping the senate independent / Thomas J. McIntyre
Our common responsibility and our common challenge / Jimmy Carter
Human rights and détente / Arthur J. Goldberg
Science and the law / William J. McGill
Federal support of science and medicine / Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
The failure of scientists to communicate / Trent C. Root, Jr.
Business's responsibility in an information society / Harold W. McGraw, Jr.
The first amendment: freedom and responsibility / Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
Parting thoughts / Eric Sevareid
General education: the role of the humanities / Joseph D. Duffey
A "larger vision" of the humanities / Robert Coles
The seacoast of Bohemia: truth in literature / Wallace A. Bacon
Let us join hands, hearts and minds / Rosalyn S. Yalow
Faces and voices of American women / Liz Carpenter
I am optimistic about America / Hubert H. Humphrey
A tribute to the man of the people / Joseph Califano, Jr.
My good friend Hubert Humphrey / Jimmy Carter
A time to celebrate life / Walter F. Mondale.