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On the recordJuly 14, 1978
As a city of human freedom, human hope, and human rights, Berlin is a light to the whole world; a city on a hill—it cannot be hidden; the eyes of all people are upon you.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany Remarks at a Wreathlaying Ceremony at the Airlift Memorial

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