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Jimmy Carter: “Cynicism and distrust eat away at the vitality of a democratic nation.”

On the recordDecember 12, 1978
Cynicism and distrust eat away at the vitality of a democratic nation.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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