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On the recordAugust 22, 1976
I think the basic issue in this campaign is going to be whether we want government that looks confidently to the future, or government that clings fearfully to the past.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Address at the Town Hall Forum in Los Angeles, California

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