Jimmy Carter actually said...

"If we should have a serious interruption of oil and gasoline supplies, our Nation would be unprepared to deal with it."

"Rejection of the treaty, however, will have the most devastating consequences to our country and, I think, to world peace."

"The treaty is to our great advantage and also to the Soviets' great advantage."

"I'm not predicting that we will have a shortage—I hope that we will not have a shortage—but I'm not willing to accept the judgment of a majority of the House of Representatives."