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Jimmy Carter: “I invite the American people to observe Thursday, May 1, 1980, as Law Day, U.S.A., and to reflect upon their individual…”

On the recordMarch 10, 1980
I invite the American people to observe Thursday, May 1, 1980, as Law Day, U.S.A., and to reflect upon their individual and collective responsibilities for the effective administration of the law.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Proclamation 4733—Law Day, U.S.A., 1980

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