Jimmy Carter actually said...

"I believe it's been very good for me—and I believe for the country—to have had this time of careful consideration."

"America still remains confident and youthful in its commitment to freedom and equality."

"It is time for the people to run the government, and not the other way around."

"I have investigated among people in Minnesota who know Senator Mondale best, his attitude toward campaigning itself, toward his degree of commitment to his work in the Senate."