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Jimmy Carter: I would rather burn a ton of Kentucky coal than to see our Nation become dependent by buying another barrel of OPEC oil.

On the recordJuly 30, 1979
I would rather burn a ton of Kentucky coal than to see our Nation become dependent by buying another barrel of OPEC oil.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Bardstown, Kentucky Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a Town Meeting

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