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Jimmy Carter: For 200 years, our people have lived with one very brief interval, around 1812--in a spirit of friendship.

On the recordFebruary 20, 1977
For 200 years, our people have lived with one very brief interval, around 1812--in a spirit of friendship.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Toasts of the President and the Prime Minister at a Dinner Honoring Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada

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