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Jimmy Carter: “We must end that quiet discrimination, not by setting quotas but by insuring that all groups in our great nation have an…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 1976
We must end that quiet discrimination, not by setting quotas but by insuring that all groups in our great nation have an equal chance to participate in American business, American society, and American government.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Address at the National Italian-American Bicentennial Tribute Dinner in Washington, DC

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