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Jimmy Carter: “He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy…”

On the recordJanuary 19, 1977
He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Inaugural Address

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