Jimmy Carter actually said...

"The White House announced that in the area of high technology and other strategic item exports to the Soviet Union, the President has directed that all existing validated export licenses be suspended ..."

"His strengths were the strengths of the American labor movement—courage, practical idealism, compassion, and an unshakable commitment to human dignity and human rights."

"Working men and women around the world will mourn his loss."

"Above all, George Meany was a patriot."