Jimmy Carter actually said...

I feel a very heavy responsibility on my shoulders in that I might very well be helping to choose the next President of our country if I should be successful in being elected, and I recognize that very clearly, yes.

Context

News Conference in New York City Following a Meeting with Senator Adlai Stevenson III

07/11/1976

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