Jimmy Carter actually said...

Our intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic security and also threatens our national security.

Remarks on Signing Into Law the Energy Security Act

06/29/1980

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I think my proudest achievement is having kept our Nation at peace.

I have sent to the Congress a budget amendment to provide more than $3.8 million for medical examinations and health studies for the people ...

I feel very good.

There will be absolutely no change in the assurance given to the Congress in 1978.