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Jimmy Carter: “Those of us who were happy could learn about sorrow, and those who were stricken with hunger or sorrow could learn about…”

On the recordNovember 16, 1977
Those of us who were happy could learn about sorrow, and those who were stricken with hunger or sorrow could learn about happiness.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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American Film Institute Remarks at a Reception on the Occasion of the loth Anniversary of the Institute

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