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Jimmy Carter: Peace is active, not passive; peace is doing, not waiting.

On the recordMarch 25, 1979
Peace is active, not passive; peace is doing, not waiting.
Said by
Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Remarks of President Carter, President Anwar al-Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menahem Begin of Israel at the Egyptian-...

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