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On the recordNovember 19, 1978
Every person has a role to play in creating a better world, and it begins with each individual’s commitment to making a difference.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Sep 14, 2009

An overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man.

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Sep 15, 2009

But, when a radical fringe element of demonstrators and others begin to attack the president of the United States of America as an animal, or as a reincarnation of Adolf Hitler, or when they wave signs in the air that said we should have buried Obama with Kennedy, those kind of things are beyond the bounds of the way presidents have ever been accepted, even with people who disagree.

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Sep 15, 2009

An overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity towards President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man.

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Nov 29, 2006

I don't think so. Maybe he'll change his mind when he sees the recommendation of the upcoming committee Monday morning.

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