01/12/1979
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"The United States is not hostile towards Islam as a religion."
"I am not going to take any military action that would cause bloodshed or arouse the unstable captors of our hostages to attack them or to punish them."
"Every hostage and every person who loves those hostages, not just the families but 220 million American people, thank you for the superb work that you have done in ensuring, so far, the safety."
"I agree fully with the letter and the spirit and the intent of the Kemeny commission's recommendations."