Jimmy Carter actually said...

We intend to meet our obligations, and we expect others to do the same.

International Trade Functions Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1979

09/24/1979

More Jimmy Carter Quotes

There is nothing easy about energy.

I do not have the authority to implement mandatory wage and price controls.

I think as we go through the coming months and years, we're going to see that the energy shortage is not a transient thing.

The Nation owes a debt of gratitude for those Members of the House of Representatives who did have the courage to vote 'yes.'