Jimmy Carter actually said...

I have a deep appreciation of the system, however, that lets people make the free choice about who will lead them for the next 4 years.

Remarks on the Outcome of the 1980 Presidential Election

11/03/1980

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I wanted the Vice President to be in charge of women's rights, amnesty, abortion, gun control, Gay liberation.

I have a great admiration for him, and I also have observed very carefully, when he and I met on the campaign trail, that he often beat me.

I think there are a lot of Senators that would not have been willing, particularly with aspirations to be President, to handle the CIA quest...

It will be a personal decision of mine.