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Jimmy Carter: “Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's capacity for injustice makes democracy necessary.”

On the recordJanuary 26, 1977
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's capacity for injustice makes democracy necessary.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Remarks at the Annual National Prayer Breakfast

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