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Jimmy Carter: We share a common measurement of greatness, not power or pomp or ceremony or uniforms or outward show of greatness.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1978
We share a common measurement of greatness, not power or pomp or ceremony or uniforms or outward show of greatness.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Toasts of the President and President N.S. Reddy at a State Dinner in New Delhi, India

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