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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Sep 5, 1976

We must not lower our standards to accept high inflation, high unemployment, and huge deficits as a normal circumstance.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Sep 5, 1976

I will try to be a good candidate and, if elected, a worthy leader of our great country.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Sep 5, 1976

Neighborhoods and families are the living fiber that holds our society together.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Sep 5, 1976

The only way we will ever put the government back in its place is to restore the family and the neighborhood to their proper places.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Sep 5, 1976

Strong neighborhoods and families can help the government use its money efficiently, for a change.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Sep 5, 1976

No government that cared about neighborhoods would stack the tax deck against them.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Sep 5, 1976

We must have a partnership—between a government which knows its limits, a private sector which is encouraged to do the right things, and the people.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Sep 5, 1976

We must always be careful not to over-promise, but we also should never underestimate our potential in our nation.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Sep 5, 1976

We need a national law against red-lining, and federal regulatory officials who understand that banks are chartered to serve their communities.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 31, 1976

I would like to see more openness in government, an absence of secrecy, an accountability of public officials for their performance.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 31, 1976

I've learned from those experiences, I study the Bible—I read a chapter from the Bible every night without exception—and that gives me a constant inclination to study.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 31, 1976

A comprehensive national health insurance program is needed which guarantees to every person as much care as he or she needs.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 31, 1976

Under the Supreme Court ruling which no President can change, I would do everything I could to minimize the need for abortion as I did as Governor of Georgia.

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