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Jimmy Carter: “People should control government, and not the other way around.”

On the recordSeptember 5, 1976
People should control government, and not the other way around.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Remarks on Starting Formal General Election Campaign Activities in Warm Springs, Georgia

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