Jimmy Carter actually said...

Our own freedom has been dearly purchased even by the lives of some who have helped to serve for us and with us.

Atlanta, Georgia Remarks Before a Joint Session of the Georgia General Assembly

02/19/1979

More Jimmy Carter Quotes

We're united in the determination that America must be strong; strong militarily, strong economically, and strong morally.

We can meet that test.

Our country has had to face very difficult problems; we've not flinched.

We came to the greatest nation on Earth, because we saw an opportunity here not only for freedom but for the accommodation of change.