Jimmy Carter actually said...

We must make clear to the Soviet Union that it cannot trample on the independence of other states and at the same time carry on business as usual with the rest of the world.

Context

Shipments of Agricultural Commodities to the Soviet Union Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate...

01/20/1980

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