Jimmy Carter actually said...

"I call upon the House of Representatives to place the national interest above narrower interests, as the Senate has done."

"I will never have a chance so momentous to contribute to world peace as to negotiate and to see ratified this SALT treaty."

"I want them to say that America, under our leadership, has been at peace."

"We do not expect that we will ever need to use this plan, but, as with our military forces, we would be foolhardy not to be prepared should such a need ever arise."