Jimmy Carter actually said...

I think political oppressions and the right of people to participate in their government is one that has good prospects of even greater improvement in the future.

Context

Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters Following Meetings Between the President and General Obasanjo in Lagos, Nigeria

04/01/1978

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