Jimmy Carter actually said...

We need positive political solutions in America today, not just a sustained record of negative votes to appease some special, powerful political group back home.

Context

Democratic National Committee Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Committee's Spring Meeting

05/24/1979

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