I will be making myself available to leaders in the church, and I'll do everything I can to eliminate the displeasure that the people feel about the Democratic Party platform.

That is a factor.

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.

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

I have absolutely no doubt that I have made the right decision.

Senator Mondale has a slight problem with hypertension.

This is the America we want.

It is hard for me to answer that without comparing him with other candidates in a detrimental way to them.

I personally would have favored a different wording than that in the Democratic Platform on the abortion issue.

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.