Jimmy Carter actually said...

I would say the briefest time possible would suit me best.

Interview With the President Excerpt From a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on Board Air Force One.

06/09/1980

More Jimmy Carter Quotes

The task is not easy—the way to liberty has never been—but our nations preeminently comprise the region of the world where freedom finds its...

Ours is a defensive alliance.

This Alliance has guaranteed our own security here in the United States.

I do hereby call upon the American people to observe June 14, 1978 as Flag Day and the week beginning June 11, 1978 as National Flag Week.