Jimmy Carter
speaker
288 appearances
16 recordings
12 series
first heard Sep 2024
last heard 1 May
Jimmy Carter’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I will lay down my official responsibilities in this office to take up once more the only title in our democracy superior to that of president, the title of citizen.
We've built almost 5,000 houses now. It's been one of the most gratifying years.
So together, in a spirit of individual sacrifice for the common good, we must simply do our best.
I see an America poised not only at the beginning of a new century.
I see an America that is turned away from scandals and corruption. I see an American president who governs with vigor and with vision. and affirmative leadership.
This is my vision of America.
I'll never make a misleading statement.
I'll report to you from time to time about our government, both our problems and our achievements.
must learn to waste less energy. Basically telling people how they can conserve energy. We simply must balance our demand for energy... with our rapidly shrinking resources. Small sacrifices they can make. If we learn to live thriftily and remember the importance of helping our neighbors, then we can find ways to adjust. Ways they can be more responsible.
Mr. President, recent polls show that job rating is dropping and continues to drop.
It's clear that the true problems of our nation are much deeper, deeper than gasoline lines or energy shortages, deeper even than inflation or recession.
of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will.
Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns.
And I want to share with you what I've heard. First of all, I got a lot of personal advice. Let me quote a few of the typical comments that I wrote down. Very self-critical. Mr. President, you're not leading this nation. You're just managing the government.
Working together with our common faith, we cannot fail Thank you, and good night.
When we first arrived at Camp David, the first thing upon which we agreed was to pray that our negotiations would be successful. Those prayers have been answered far beyond expectations.
Late yesterday, I canceled a carefully planned operation to position our rescue team for a later withdrawal of American hostages. And that failed. Equipment failure in the rescue helicopters made it necessary to end the mission. Eight of the crewmen of the two aircraft which collided were killed. and several other Americans were hurt in the accident.
We will seek to continue, along with other nations and with the officials of Iran, a prompt resolution of the crisis without any loss of life and through peaceful and diplomatic means. Thank you very much.
Do you have the voter ID cards here?
Well, we have five minutes to go here on voting, and at this particular place, the turnout has been 83%, which is quite good.
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