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Jimmy Carter: The best investment in defense is in weapons that will never have to be used and in soldiers who will never have to die.

On the recordDecember 11, 1979
The best investment in defense is in weapons that will never have to be used and in soldiers who will never have to die.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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United States Defense Policy Remarks to Members of the Business Council

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