Ruling the Roost, Part I: The Making of a President_ (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998), p. 44. **On the Democratic side:** Michael Barone, "Carter's Faulty Math," _U.S. News & World Report_, October 3, 1979. **"A New Beginning":** Carter, "Address to the Nation on Energy Conservation," November 4, 1979, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, _The American Presidency Project_. **"We can get off":** Jimmy Carter, _White House Diary_ (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010), p. 66. **"I'll take the heat":** Tom Harkin and John R. MacArthur, _Abraham Lincoln, Publisher of His Day: A Look at the Papers of William Herndon and John G. Nicolay_ (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977), p. 135. **the economy had been expanding:** "Economic Report of the President—Transmitted to the Congress by the President," November 23, 1978. **"the most successful":** Carter, _Keeping Faith_ (New York: Bantam, 1982), p. 4. **"If we can get energy":** _Time_ , May 23, 1978. **"We might as well":** Carter, _Keeping Faith_ , p. 2. **"It is the oil business":** _Newsweek_ , June 12, 1977. **"We shouldn't have":** _The Presidency Project_ , University of California, Santa Barbara, September 25, 2009. **"He's a nice guy":** Carter, _The Hornet's Nest_ , p. 40. **In public:** William J. Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1978), p. 12. **"Now, you all must know":** Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ , p. 17. **"I thought it was":** Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ , p. 18. **"What do you mean":** Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ , p. 20. **"I think that":** Carter, _An Hour Before Daylight_ , p. 75. **"I'll just get back":** Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ , p. 21. **"I think it's":** Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ , p. 26. **"I guess he won't":** Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ , p. 27. **"There's no reason":** Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ , p. 30. **In mid-December:** Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ , p. 40. **"I was worried":** Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ , p. 42. **"It is very important":** "Remarks of the President on Signing the National Energy Act," January 9, 1977, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, _The American Presidency Project_. **"Carter would not":** Richard Whalen, _Candidate: The Story of the Man Who Will Be President_ (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979), p. 79. **"He has the personality":** Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ , p. 51. **"I think the issue":** Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ , p. 55. **"It is still":** Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ , p. 61. **"It doesn't matter":** Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ , p. 62. **"You mean a lot":** Crowe, _Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XVIII: Arab-Israeli Dispute; Oil_ , p. 63. **"Mr. Speaker":** _Los Angeles Times_ , February 6, 1977. **"You've got a lot":** "Remarks by the President at a Meeting of the Cabinet," March 5, 1977, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, _The American Presidency Project_. **"We will be prepared":** Carter, _The Discriminate Dividend Decision_ (Richmond, VA: Center for Legislative Archives, 1979), p. 7. **The idea that:** "The President's Radio Address to the Nation on Energy and Discrimination," October 13, 1977, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, _The American Presidency Project_. **"I don't understand":** Walter F. Mondale, _The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics_ (New York: Scribner, 2010), p. 69. **"It isn't easy":** Mondale, _The Good Fight_ , p. 71. **"I really believe":** Mondale, _The Good Fight_ , p. 72. **"What could have":** Carter, _The Hornet's Nest_ , p. 68. **"I think the whole":** Mondale, _The Good Fight_ , p. 78. **"The most important":** Carter, _The Hornet's Nest_ , p. 70. **"He's got to":** Carter, _The Hornet's Nest_ , p. 71. **"We weren't quite":** Mondale, _The Good Fight_ , p. 75. **"Every time":** "Remarks of the President at the Opening of the International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings," November 8, 1978, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, _The American Presidency Project_. **"It was a very moving":** Mondale, _The Good Fight_ , p. 81. **"What an extraordinary":** Mondale, _The Good Fight_ , p. 85. **"It would be better":** Carter, _The Hornet's Nest_ , p. 82. **"I just don't understand":** _The Presidential Campaign of 1976_ , University of Virginia, Miller Center of Public Affairs, January 30, 2006. **"the best choice":** Mondale, _The Good Fight_ , p. 91. **"They've got to":** Carter, _The Hornet's Nest_ , p. 93. **"We must go":** Gerald M. Boyd, _Confessions of a Muckraker: An Autobiography_ (New York: Carol Publishing Group, 1989), p. 244. **"That's a nice thing":** Robert Strauss, "Energy Plan, 'No Cure,' " _Washington Post_ , January 18, 1979. **"The President has directed":** "President's Remarks to Senate Democratic and Republican Members on the Energy Program," January 19, 1979, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, _The American Presidency Project_. **"I'm the world's worst":** Gerald M. Boyd, _Confessions of a Muckraker: An Autobiography_ , p. 241. **"He's like a father":** "The President's Radio Address to the Nation on Energy and Discrimination," October 13, 1977, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, _The American Presidency Project_. **"I don't know if":** Gerald M. Boyd, _Confessions of a Muckraker_ , p. 243. **"I'm not an admirer":** Carter, _An Hour Before Daylight_ , p. 115. **"We were going to":** Gerald M. Boyd, _Confessions of a Muckraker_ , p. 240. **"He was not only":** Gerald M. Boyd, _Confessions of a Muckraker_ , p. 241.