Jimmy Carter actually said...

"This is not merely the surest way to protect and save the canal, it's a strong, positive act of a people who are still confident, still creative, still great."

"I call upon suppliers and recipients alike to join us in a determined effort to make the world a safer place in which to live."

"I intend to make further reductions in the next fiscal year."

"We do not own the Panama Canal Zone. We have never had sovereignty over it."