Jimmy Carter actually said...

"This Administration supports such counter-cyclical management of meat imports."

"Destruction of the life of an endangered or threatened species should never be undertaken lightly, no matter how insignificant the species may appear today."

"I am confident that the cooperative efforts of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, the Congress, the government and people of the District of Columbia, and the American business community..."

"I would have been pleased to sign it, as my advisers make clear repeatedly."