Jimmy Carter actually said...

I want Congress to give me the authority to require utility companies to cut in half their use of oil and to switch to other fuels, especially coal.

07/30/1979

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"This is a protected freedom that all citizens enjoy, and it is of vital importance."

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"I urge Congress to act with dispatch so that the first amendment rights of Federal employees are not unduly jeopardized."