Jimmy Carter actually said...

"The welfare system is too hopeless to be cured by minor modifications; we must make a complete and clean break with the past."

"People in poverty want to work, and most of them do."

"I think it's important that these new proposals be pursued through the Congress, authorized by law, and implemented in the most enlightened and effective way."

"JAMES R. SCHLESINGER, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Energy (new position)."