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Jimmy Carter: I think for any public official who has authority to say that there's an emergency... would naturally tend to cause…

On the recordDecember 23, 1980
I think for any public official who has authority to say that there's an emergency... would naturally tend to cause excessive reaction.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Plains, Georgia Informal Exchange With Reporters

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