Jimmy Carter actually said...

To threaten basic human rights with terrorism, and to threaten the rule of law with terrorism and with international violence is indeed a pressure for friends to stand together.

Context

Visit of Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga of Italy Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony

01/23/1980

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