Speech on Democracy
06/24/1977
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
We have now reached an agreement with Iran which will result, I believe, in the freedom of our American hostages.
I hope that this book, which is -- has a provocative title, but I don't consider provocative to be a bad word.
Let's just let this go.
It would serve the Nation equally ill to underrate our strengths and our proven ability to handle difficult issues.