Jimmy Carter

I particularly want to express my thanks to those who are assembled around me who have supported this initiative.

There are only two ways that we can cut down on oil imports, very simple.

We have never faced a major question that we could not answer.

We will certainly help.

I will nominate Robert E. Nederlander, of Birmingham, Mich., to be a member of the National Council on Educational Research.

Moreover, the Refugee Act will help refugees in this country become self-sufficient and contributing members of society.

The Refugee Act is the result of close cooperation between the administration and the Congress.

The Refugee Act reflects our long tradition as a haven for people uprooted by persecution and political turmoil.

It gives me great pleasure to sign into law S. 643, the Refugee Act of 1980.

The new procedures will also ensure thorough consideration of admissions questions by both the Congress and the administration.

There is established the Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee.

One of the great leaders who preceded me here in this White House, John F. Kennedy, was asked one time, 'What is your favorite song?' He said, 'Well, I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a certain lilt to it.'

This will be our first balanced budget in 12 years.

There's another special person here tonight—one that I admire and one that I love.

There's no easy answers, there are no magic solutions.

We cannot spend or tax or decree or regulate or legislate our way out of inflation.

We are grateful, too, that we had a chance to build a special, large shamrock in front—maybe one of the largest ones that's ever been in the White House, at least the last 3 years.

How we react to challenge is watched very closely, not only here in our great Nation but in every nation on Earth.

Rosalynn and I extend our deepest sympathy to his children and to the countless friends he made in a life of service to his fellow human beings.

The senseless and violent death of Allard K. Lowenstein has cut short a life devoted to reason and justice.

His eloquent dedication to nonviolent change inspired many thousands of Americans.

We cannot afford the fairy-tale that inflation can somehow be passed along to the next person or somehow be passed along to the next generation.

The cost effectiveness of a ship program is difficult to determine without establishing the measure of effectiveness of a specific mission.

I have absolutely no doubt that the plan that I outlined today, when implemented, will indeed bring down the high rate of inflation which exists today.

We cannot accept high rates of inflation as a permanent fact of American life.