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On the recordSeptember 21, 1978
I hope that you won't be satisfied with just having done this small thing to help a man who... has devoted his last 4 years paying off old debts.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Columbia, South Carolina Remarks at a Fundraising Reception and Dinner for Charles Ravenel

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