Jimmy Carter

We have lost some precious things that historically have bound our people and our government together.

It is time for universal voter registration.

My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm running for President.

It has already been a year when voters have confounded the experts.

I accept it, in the words of John F. Kennedy, with a full and grateful heart.

I believe he would help me as a matter of fact with both those problems.

It will be a personal decision of mine.

I think collection of information ought to be the primary role of the CIA.

I think abortion is wrong, and I think that within the present ruling of the Supreme Court that everything possible should be done to minimize the need for abortions, and I will do that.

I wanted the Vice President to be in charge of women's rights, amnesty, abortion, gun control, Gay liberation.

I have a great admiration for him, and I also have observed very carefully, when he and I met on the campaign trail, that he often beat me.

I think that in my opinion, if I were still the Governor of Georgia, and I was invited to meet with a potential Presidential nominee as a prospective Vice President, I would consider it as an honor and not as an insult.

I would want to be personally responsible to the American people as President for the proper performance of the intelligence-gathering network of our nation.

I do not think there is any contrast or supplementation to cause a difference of attitude toward basic political philosophy or stands on the politician spectrum.

It is undoubtedly the most important decision that I shall make this year, perhaps one of the most important of my whole life.

I think there are a lot of Senators that would not have been willing, particularly with aspirations to be President, to handle the CIA question.

I had no other way to get to know them.

I think that his extremely great success in the primaries of which he did enter as a candidate showed that even in very conservative states like Nebraska his role in the CIA investigations was certainly not a detriment politically, but it…

It has been a very constructive thing for me.

I personally think that the oversight committee of Congress ought to be a joint committee.

I feel a very heavy responsibility on my shoulders in that I might very well be helping to choose the next President of our country if I should be successful in being elected, and I recognize that very clearly, yes.

I favored at that time a quick withdrawal of our troops from Vietnam, completely.

The one single issue that comes to mind with which I have had the most difficulty has been the amnesty question.

I don't see any reason for the CIA through covert means to try to overthrow governments.

I personally feel that the Pentagon Papers should have been revealed by the New York Times.