The American people still have a deep hunger to see the precious things restored that are very important to them.

I've never let my religious convictions orient my decisions on a political matter and never have tried to use the strength of my political office to force my religious convictions on somebody else.

Under the Supreme Court ruling which no President can change, I would do everything I could to minimize the need for abortion as I did as Governor of Georgia.

We will never use unemployment and recession as a tool to fight inflation.

The work ethic is very simple. It means people at their jobs.

I am proud to meet here with President George Meany and the other great leaders of the labor movement.

I believe we can grow and prosper again as a country.

We can create jobs, maintain stable prices, meet our people's needs, and achieve a balanced budget.

To act anew we must to solve the problems of inflation and unemployment, too.

The unemployment rate today at 7.8 percent is higher than any time between the Great Depression and the inauguration of Gerald Ford.

I think it will be a tough campaign, but we are ready for it.

I think the nation's consciousness has been stirred by some of the great leaders that have been chosen in this country in the electoral process.

We ought not to be satisfied just to see the great changes made in the South because of these courageous leaders who preceded most of us.

So we'll never have justice in this country, which we all would like to see, until we have full participation in the political processes for all our people.

In several counties the registrars office was opened 1 hour per week.

There's no give or take now.

Well, we have the specific programs.

I believe that this single, simple law which could be written in one paragraph could almost transform in a beneficial way the politics of our country.

Whenever a government prescribed freedom as a basic premise, inevitably the strong overcame the weak.

Yes; I think we'll win.

We've got a long way to go and it can't be done with a dormant, acquiescent acceptance of a change in the law.

I don't ordinarily wake up in the middle of the night and worry.

Yes; I've always thought it would be close.

Veto is a very useful mechanism.

I think it's important that we have the debates, too, in kind of neutral territory.