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On the recordMarch 1, 1978
We want a government that can be trusted, not feared; that will be efficient, not mired in its own redtape.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Federal Civil Service Reform Remarks Announcing the Administration's Proposals to the Congress

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