Jimmy Carter
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Jimmy Earl Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from January 20, 1977, to January 20, 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the office of Governor of Georgia from January 12, 1971, to July 1, 1975. During his presidency, Carter focused on human rights, energy conservation, and the Camp David Accords, which led to a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. His administration also faced significant challenges, including the Iran Hostage Crisis and economic difficulties marked by inflation and unemployment.
May 13, 1979
You and your colleagues in the House of Representatives will soon cast the most important conservation vote of this century.
May 10, 1979
The treaty is to our great advantage and also to the Soviets' great advantage.
May 10, 1979
The most important vote that the incumbent Members of the Senate will ever cast is concerning the ratification of SALT II.
May 10, 1979
If we should have a serious interruption of oil and gasoline supplies, our Nation would be unprepared to deal with it.
May 10, 1979
Rejection of the treaty, however, will have the most devastating consequences to our country and, I think, to world peace.
May 10, 1979
But they avoided taking action on the subject of oil, and this failure to take action to deal with the oil problem is part of the reason for our present gasoline shortage.
May 10, 1979
I think as we go through the coming months and years, we're going to see that the energy shortage is not a transient thing.
May 10, 1979
I do not have the authority to implement mandatory wage and price controls.
May 10, 1979
I'm not predicting that we will have a shortage—I hope that we will not have a shortage—but I'm not willing to accept the judgment of a majority of the House of Representatives.
May 10, 1979
The Nation owes a debt of gratitude for those Members of the House of Representatives who did have the courage to vote 'yes.'
May 10, 1979
I have a sure knowledge that anyone who wants to have gas rationing has taken leave of their senses.
May 9, 1979
Your voice can have a profound impact on the consciousness of America.
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