Jimmy Carter actually said...

I never came to Washington, except as a tourist, before I came to be inaugurated as President.

Dinner for Newly Elected Members of Congress Remarks at the White House Dinner

12/05/1978

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Yes, I'm pleased.

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It is a pleasure for us to be in Frankfurt.

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