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On the recordSeptember 28, 1980
Let me say, in closing, that the rights of women, the rights of minorities, the rights of those who are afflicted and oppressed, the rights of free speech and free expression, the rights of working people to organize and bargain collectively-these are fundamental human rights.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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