Jimmy Carter
The Public Record
Jimmy Earl Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from January 20, 1977, to January 20, 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the office of Governor of Georgia from January 12, 1971, to July 1, 1975. During his presidency, Carter focused on human rights, energy conservation, and the Camp David Accords, which led to a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. His administration also faced significant challenges, including the Iran Hostage Crisis and economic difficulties marked by inflation and unemployment.
The bottom line is that the United States is today far less vulnerable to oil blackmail.
Foreign produced alcohol should not benefit from the exemption granted to gasohol from the four cent a gallon gasoline tax.
We don't want tax breaks for the rich instead of creating jobs and giving American workers the tools to compete.
I told him that I believed God listens to his prayers just as I believe he listens to mine.
Let's make sure we don't have to find out what his choices are for starting armed conflict, with American forces, next year.
I promise you this, as long as I am President, the Government of the United States will play its rightful role in making American cars the cars of the future.
We've come a long way together as a party and as a country, and we're going to go even further.
When our Nation is united, this Nation has never failed to solve any problems.
I tell you that the differences between me and Ronald Reagan that I have outlined tonight are more deep and more penetrating differences even than those I've outlined to you about basic Democratic and Republican philosophy.
When Democrats go into Governors' offices and when Democrats go into the White House following a Republican administration, we have a lot of extra hard work to do.





