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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Jul 11, 1976

I think that in my opinion, if I were still the Governor of Georgia, and I was invited to meet with a potential Presidential nominee as a prospective Vice President, I would consider it as an honor and not as an insult.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Jul 11, 1976

I wanted the Vice President to be in charge of women's rights, amnesty, abortion, gun control, Gay liberation.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Jul 11, 1976

I personally think that the oversight committee of Congress ought to be a joint committee.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Jul 11, 1976

I feel a very heavy responsibility on my shoulders in that I might very well be helping to choose the next President of our country if I should be successful in being elected, and I recognize that very clearly, yes.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Jul 11, 1976

I have a great admiration for him, and I also have observed very carefully, when he and I met on the campaign trail, that he often beat me.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Jul 11, 1976

I would want to be personally responsible to the American people as President for the proper performance of the intelligence-gathering network of our nation.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Jul 11, 1976

It is undoubtedly the most important decision that I shall make this year, perhaps one of the most important of my whole life.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Jul 11, 1976

I do not think there is any contrast or supplementation to cause a difference of attitude toward basic political philosophy or stands on the politician spectrum.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Jul 11, 1976

I think there are a lot of Senators that would not have been willing, particularly with aspirations to be President, to handle the CIA question.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Jul 11, 1976

I think that his extremely great success in the primaries of which he did enter as a candidate showed that even in very conservative states like Nebraska his role in the CIA investigations was certainly not a detriment politically, but it was an asset.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Jul 11, 1976

I think abortion is wrong, and I think that within the present ruling of the Supreme Court that everything possible should be done to minimize the need for abortions, and I will do that.

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