Jimmy Carter actually said...

I think it's very important that these two Cabinet members and my own staff representative, Jack Watson, serve not only in the capacity of speakers but of listeners.

Context

United States Conference of Mayors Remarks by Telephone to the Opening Session of the Conference

06/12/1977

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