07/25/1978
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"Very good. I feel fine."
"Any prediction of a favorable response from the Iranians has always been mistaken, but I hope they will go ahead and resolve this."
"I think that it would be to the advantage of the Iranians and, certainly, to the advantage of our imperiled hostages, if they would accept what we have proposed."
"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including Title III of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, it is hereby ordered as follows:"