Jimmy Carter actually said...

Normalization—and the expanded commercial and cultural relations that it will bring—will contribute to the well-being of our own Nation, to our own national interest, and it will also enhance the stability of Asia.

Context

Address to the Nation on Diplomatic Relations Between the United States and the People's Republic of China

12/14/1978

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