Jimmy Carter

True leadership requires the ability to inspire and motivate others towards a common goal.

This legislation brings together two important concerns of mine: greater support for basic research and a vigorous search for practical ways to solve the increasing problems of water quality and quantity in various parts of the Nation.

I add my congratulations and my sense of joy to that felt around the world at the selection of Pope John Paul II.

Like his predecessor, Pope John Paul II has shared the experiences of working people and understands the daily victories and defeats of human life.

This is not the end of the road, but it is a beginning, and an important one.

Now all of us have to get busy and make it work.

Promotions will no longer be automatic.

I think local governments in a county or a township area or a State government obviously would be much better qualified to administer safety regulations... than would the Federal Government.

Excellence can now be rewarded.

The path to peace is paved with the bricks of compromise and understanding.

Freedom is the foundation of a just and prosperous society.

With President Sadat's striking vision of the future, he's made even more clear his nation's determination to achieve peace.

I might say that the standards for inspection and auditing will be worked out by the General Accounting Office.

I can assure the Congress that the new framework established by the bill will be put to a good and vigorous use.

He was never too busy to act as their friend and advocate in their dealings with the Federal Government.

I believe that the current organizational status of Federal education programs is unacceptable in a nation where all levels of government invest substantially in education programs while getting less results in the actual performance and…

I believe that a Department of Education will enable us to do a better job of helping states and localities carry out their responsibilities.

I have today signed the Federal Employees Part-Time Career Employment Act of 1978.

Every citizen's voice should and does count.

The natural gas bill will result in a decrease by 1985 of 1.4 million barrels of imported oil per day.

I believe that this is the best approach.

This act will facilitate part-time Federal employment.

His life was genuinely inspiring.

I strongly oppose a provision which compromises this Government's ability to fulfill its legally binding financial obligations to the United Nations and its specialized agencies.

The most important thing the Congress can do is to pass an energy package to give us an identifiable American energy policy.