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On the recordSeptember 21, 1978
I believe in what our Nation has been in the past, is becoming now, and can be in the future.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Columbia, South Carolina Remarks at a Fundraising Reception and Dinner for Charles Ravenel

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