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Jimmy Carter: “The rights of the individual inherently stand higher than the claims or demands of the state.”

On the recordJanuary 3, 1978
The rights of the individual inherently stand higher than the claims or demands of the state.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Paris, France Remarks at the Palais des Congres.

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