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Jimmy Carter: “I believe we can do better than that in this great country.”

On the recordSeptember 26, 1976
I believe we can do better than that in this great country.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Campaign Rally in Portland, Oregon

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