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Jimmy Carter: Leadership requires the courage to stand up for what is right, even when it is difficult.

On the recordJanuary 19, 1979
Leadership requires the courage to stand up for what is right, even when it is difficult.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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