Jimmy Carter actually said...

We cannot profess to love humanity and watch hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children die in human tragedy, which we ourselves can help, as a nation and as people, to prevent.

Context

Visit of Pope John Paul II Remarks at a White House Reception

10/05/1979

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