Jimmy Carter

I intend to sign the emergency request for Florida Monday, and signed one for Colorado yesterday.

U.S. Ambassador-designate to the United Nations Andrew Young will represent the United States at celebrations in Tanzania and Nigeria.

We have 11 States that I believe are in some degree of crisis.

The President's initiatives for the employment of Vietnam era veterans

On Government actions to deal with the natural gas shortage emergency

A sense of communion that we can have under God throughout the world ought to convince us that we are not superior.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's capacity for injustice makes democracy necessary.

Sometimes we take for granted that an acknowledgment of sin, an acknowledgment of the need for humility permeates the consciousness of our people.

I think what he said exemplifies the finest aspirations of those who are assembled here this morning.

I'm very proud that Ray Marshall has agreed to be Secretary of Labor.

I wanted someone who not only was a theoretician or a distinguished economist--which Ray Marshall is certainly capable of exhibiting--but I also wanted somebody who knows in practical terms the impact of unemployment on an individual human…

The most constantly repeated admonition from Christ was against pride.

I thank you. We are partners together, and I hope we will do better in governing our country than we have in entertaining each other this evening.

I will walk the straight and narrow path, Senator, between what is right and what is wrong.

So far I have enjoyed very much being in Washington.

I strongly urge that the Congress give this legislation its immediate attention.

I want to emphasize that this legislation is not submitted as a substitute for developing a natural gas policy as a part of an overall energy policy, which our country so obviously lacks.

I believe there is no prudent alternative to this type of legislation to deal with the present shortage situation.

The severity of the present emergency will be significantly reduced if Americans respond to my request of January 21 to turn down their thermostats to 65° in the daytime and lower at night.

This bill is designed to assure that American homes do not go cold while natural gas continues to be used for lower priority uses.

I think this is a very good comparison between his experience and background and capability to perform this important job, compared to my own.

I know that some of them have not been here before.

Many natural gas systems have already largely depleted the storage fields from which they must draw to meet essential human needs if the cold weather persists.

This legislation is a simple, temporary measure to enable the government to cope with an unprecedented shortage of natural gas supplies.

I have selected, and the Senate has now confirmed, a man who will not just be an adequate Attorney General but who will be a great Attorney General.