Jimmy Carter actually said...

I want to know about it immediately because a concealment of a mistake and its subsequent revelation will be a devastating additional blow.

Director of Central Intelligence Remarks at the Swearing In of Admiral Stansfield Turner

03/08/1977

More Jimmy Carter Quotes

To all Portuguese I bring a warm American abraco.

We are glad to be back in the United States of America, the greatest nation, by far, on Earth.

This holding of innocent hostages is unacceptable.

Today there are many thousands of Americans who proudly preserve their family heritage brought to our country from Portugal.