Jimmy Carter actually said...

Ours is a nation, ours is an America that lives on hope—hope based on a real expectation of fulfillment, not based on fear or cynicism or hatred or divisiveness or selfishness or despair, but based on justice, equality, optimism, and faith.

Context

Democratic National Committee Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Committee's Spring Meeting

05/24/1979

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