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Jimmy Carter: “I believe that the government ought to be open, and that those locked doors ought to be broken down.”

On the recordAugust 23, 1976
I believe that the government ought to be open, and that those locked doors ought to be broken down.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Remarks to the Iowa Democratic Party in Des Moines, Iowa

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