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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· May 6, 1979

Prompt Congressional approval of the Standby Gasoline Rationing Plan is essential.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· May 4, 1979

There are simply no easy answers—no answers that do not involve higher costs for energy and using less energy.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· May 4, 1979

I pray that we will never again have to defend our freedoms in battle with the shedding of blood.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· May 4, 1979

I'm committed to making sure that all the people—within our borders, no matter how they may have gotten here, are treated always with dignity and with justice.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· May 4, 1979

It is time for responsible national leaders in the Congress and elsewhere to forget about extending controls or taking away my power to begin phased decontrol.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· May 4, 1979

Freedom is never permanently ours, despite the noble sacrifices of past generations.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· May 4, 1979

This plaza will also give the Hispanic community—a gathering place, a place for exhibits by artists and craftsmen, a place for celebrations, and a place for festivals.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· May 3, 1979

We do not need to build a plant based on a wholly new technology about which far less is known than the nuclear reactors that we currently use.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· May 3, 1979

Those individuals who violate the law will be dealt with as the law prescribes.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· May 3, 1979

We obviously still have problems in our country but we are not afraid to face them.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· May 3, 1979

My goal, as you well know, is to eliminate nuclear weapons completely from the face of the Earth.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· May 3, 1979

I have always thought that nuclear power should be used as a last resort in the evolution of energy.

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