Jimmy Carter actually said...

"We are trimming social services with minimum adverse effect to the poor."

"I underscore my intention to veto any bill which cripples the ability of the FTC to protect the consumers of this country."

"I reiterate the commitment that I have previously made not to allow this agency to be picked to pieces by special interests."

"Inflation is the cruelest and most regressive of all taxes, and that's a tax that I'm determined to cut this year, in 1980."