Jimmy Carter Re-Election Announcement

U.S. President Jimmy Carter continues to speak: “Ours is as different from the world of 1960 as 1960 was from the world of the 1930s. As we enter the next decade, the work that we’ve begun together will let us meet even the most serious challenges. What we do now will bring us safely, and at an even better time of peace and security, if we have the determination to see it through, and if we have the courage to continue making the hard decisions. In these difficult times, our greatest single ally is the truth. As President and as a candidate, I will continue to ask you to join me in looking squarely at the truth. I will continue to talk sense to the American people. Only by facing up to the world as it is can we lift ourselves toward a better future. There is no such thing as cheap energy, and never will be. That is a truth. We cannot wish our way out of inflation. That is a truth. We cannot spend our way out of every problem. That is a truth. We cannot toss aside a generation’s work, patient work, in the control of nuclear power, nuclear explosives, nuclear bombs. And that is a truth. And we cannot have peace without a strong defense. That is also the truth. If we act together in the unifying spirit of our deep and unchanging values, we can triumph together, and that is the most important truth of all. With the support of the American people, I propose to carry on the struggle for a secure nation, for a just society, and for a peaceful world, and I intend to carry on this struggle as President of the United States. Thank you very much." Audience applauds. President Carter shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale, gives a kiss to his wife, First Lady Rosalynn Carter, and a kiss to the wife of the Vice President, Joan Mondale. Vice President Mondale walks over to stand next to his wife, everyone smiling.