03/14/1980
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"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, as amended."
"This control continues to be useful."
"A thoughtful and determined policy, which makes clear that Iran will continue to pay an increasingly higher price for the illegal detention of our people, is the best policy to achieve those goals."
"Our clear preference is now, and has been from the beginning of this crisis, for a quick and a peaceful solution of this problem through concerted international action."