Jimmy Carter actually said...

I have pledged to you that our Nation will never import one drop more foreign oil than we did in 1977.

Louisville, Kentucky Remarks Following a Tour of the Cane Run Generating Station of the Louisville Gas & Electric...

07/30/1979

More Jimmy Carter Quotes

Those never change.

The driving force behind inflation is our overdependence on oil and the high prices paid for it.

Peace can only be ours if we are strong, and we will stay strong.

We were not adequately prepared for it by past action, but now we understand the problem much better.