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On the recordOctober 30, 1980
We would never have had the civil rights bill, the voting rights bill, had Roosevelt, Johnson, Kennedy not been elected.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Houston, Texas Remarks at a Rally With Area Residents.

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