The resulting National Energy Act, passed last autumn, acted on a number of my proposals.
I will assure the United States does its part to meet that commitment.
We must now build on the foundation of the National Energy Act.
Prompt Congressional approval of the Standby Gasoline Rationing Plan is essential.
Oil should be priced at its true replacement value if we are to stop subsidizing imports.
And we must now deal jointly with a number of issues which have matured since April 1977.
Freedom is never permanently ours, despite the noble sacrifices of past generations.
It is time for responsible national leaders in the Congress and elsewhere to forget about extending controls or taking a...
We have failed to be prepared.
I pray that we will never again have to defend our freedoms in battle with the shedding of blood.
I'm committed to making sure that all the people—within our borders, no matter how they may have gotten here, are treate...