Jimmy Carter actually said...

I think it would be inappropriate now to build up expectations for a breakthrough on the hostages.

Interview With the President Question-and-Answer Session with the Editorial Board of Associated Press

10/16/1980

More Jimmy Carter Quotes

The primary purpose of my trip and this visit is peace.

At the heart of the friendship between India and the United States is our determination that the moral values of our people must also guide ...

The ties which bind us together are strong and unbreakable.

We declare that war is not an acceptable means to settle political disputes.