Jimmy Carter actually said...

My goal as Secretary has been to demonstrate that Government can do all these things, not only with compassion, but with competence.

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Exchange of Letters on the Resignation of Joseph A. Califano, Jr., as Secretary...

07/18/1979

More Jimmy Carter Quotes

I don't have any doubts that had we made a public issue of it, it would have complicated the issue unnecessarily.

I think it is accurate to say also, Walter, that the major interest that the People's Republic of China has in the Western Pacific is peace ...

I have no doubt that we made the right decision.

I think that we have more than honored the terms of the treaty, and I see no basis for a successful court challenge.