Jimmy Carter

This Convention affirms that there is no valid excuse for the taking of hostages and that there are no circumstances under which the seizure of hostages can be condoned.

Local, county, and city officials, I think, have a better understanding of what people need and want than anyone I know.

We have a good attitude in this country, and our Nation has been blessed, in my judgement, above all others, with natural resources that God's given us.

No one that I know has been more highly blessed than I have this last 4 years.

You are special to me, in many different ways, and because of that I particularly wanted to have for you tonight a special treat.

We've been really pleased to have you here tonight.

I believe that if you can accurately tap the understanding and support and the commitment that the American people share with you and with me, that that progress that we have achieved and of which we are so proud can be preserved and…

I want to offer deeply felt condolences to the families of those three dedicated and brave men.

They were dedicated to the building of a just and free society in El Salvador.

I want to underscore the sense of loss and outrage we feel for what happened in El Salvador.

I want to emphasize that the language in this bill defining conscientious objection is not to be construed in such a way as to discriminate among religions or to favor religious views over other views that are constitutionally entitled to…

I have invited the Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board to consult with the Attorney General on the proper interpretation of this language.

Recess appointment of Walter Meheula to serve as United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii.

I have signed into law H.R. 4774, a bill amending the National Labor Relations Act to provide, among other things, that employees who have conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting a labor organization shall not be…

Very good. I feel fine.

Proclamation No. 4600, identified in the second recital of this proclamation, is terminated at the close of December 31, 1980.

I can't predict that.

Each advisory committee listed below is continued until December 31, 1982.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including Title III of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, it is hereby ordered as follows:

This Order shall be effective December 31, 1980.

Any prediction of a favorable response from the Iranians has always been mistaken, but I hope they will go ahead and resolve this.

I think that it would be to the advantage of the Iranians and, certainly, to the advantage of our imperiled hostages, if they would accept what we have proposed.

I, Jimmy Carter, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, do hereby proclaim that Part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the…

I am withholding my approval of S. 442, a bill which would provide for the private relief of Mr. Isaac Hulver of Kansas City, Missouri.

An act to modify the boundary of the Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.