Jimmy Carter actually said...

"I've never doubted the long-range policy or the long-range ambitions of the Soviet Union."

"We want a stable and independent Iran, and we want a secure Iran."

"I urge the USOC to propose that the Games either be transferred to another site such as Montreal or to multiple sites, or be cancelled for this year."

"No. Neither I nor the American people would support the sending of an American team to Moscow with Soviet invasion troops in Afghanistan."