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On the recordOctober 14, 1980
The spirit that turned the wilderness into the greatest industrial nation on Earth is still at work today building a new future for America.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Yatesville, Pennsylvania Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a Town Meeting.

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