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Jimmy Carter: “I hate to be overly modest, but most of my successes this past year... I can attribute to my friendship with the…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 1978
I hate to be overly modest, but most of my successes this past year... I can attribute to my friendship with the Speaker.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Democratic Study Group Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.

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