Jimmy Carter actually said...

"The treaty is to our great advantage and also to the Soviets' great advantage."

"Rejection of the treaty, however, will have the most devastating consequences to our country and, I think, to world peace."

"I'm not predicting that we will have a shortage—I hope that we will not have a shortage—but I'm not willing to accept the judgment of a majority of the House of Representatives."

"But they avoided taking action on the subject of oil, and this failure to take action to deal with the oil problem is part of the reason for our present gasoline shortage."