Jimmy Carter actually said...

"George Meany's enduring monument will be the united, free trade union movement he helped create and led so long and so well."

"He was an enemy of totalitarianism in all its forms, a fighter for social justice at home and abroad, and a friend of freedom everywhere."

"The White House announced that in the area of high technology and other strategic item exports to the Soviet Union, the President has directed that all existing validated export licenses be suspended ..."

"His strengths were the strengths of the American labor movement—courage, practical idealism, compassion, and an unshakable commitment to human dignity and human rights."