Jimmy Carter actually said...

"I can assure the Congress that the new framework established by the bill will be put to a good and vigorous use."

"I believe that the current organizational status of Federal education programs is unacceptable in a nation where all levels of government invest substantially in education programs while getting less ..."

"I believe that a Department of Education will enable us to do a better job of helping states and localities carry out their responsibilities."

"The United States has consistently opposed the Soviet Union's withholding of its assessed contributions to those programs of the United Nations which the Soviet Union has found politically unpalatable..."