Jimmy Carter actually said...

"Thank you. I have two brief statements to make."

"I think it's much more important to have direct negotiations between Egypt and Israel than to have us acting as a constant, dominant intermediary."

"I've never had any conversation with Senator Long that would either encourage me or require me to change my position from what it was last April."

"Well, I think that we or the Soviets ought to play a constructive role."