I understand that in addition to domestic foundations, you have some 19 representatives of foreign countries, and I'm delighted that they are here also. I came first to this country as a foreigner myself, and after studying here, I had the great good fortune, when I took up a position in New York, of coming to the attention of someone in the Rockefeller Foundation, and I learned a little bit then about what foundations do in this country. And I formed a view then, which has been confirmed many times since, that the whole notion of volunteerism and the work that foundations do here in this land is one of the unique contributions of our great country. It's a unique contribution that has been emulated throughout the world, and it really expresses the American spirit of trying to help each other and take into our own hands the activities and the interests of people less fortunate than we. I'm interested that the title of your conference relates to policy.
Foundations have a significant influence on policy.
Not everybody on Capitol Hill would welcome that. But, in fact, what we do in foundation work does have a significant influence. And I want to address just one aspect of that today which relates to the policy of our country and the policy of each and every one of us in relation to the world outside the United States. I say that because I come from an institution the responsibility of which is the world outside the United States. In fact, it's the developing world.