Jimmy Carter actually said...

We don't want to wipe out all restraints on the intelligence agencies.

Interview With the President Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Editors and News Directors

01/28/1980

More Jimmy Carter Quotes

There will be no bloodshed, no bitterness, no instant when the path between the Earth's two great oceans will be closed.

I don't come to you as a stranger, but as a friend and partner.

I have looked forward to this trip for a long time.

It is a great day for the people of Panama and the people of the United States.