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Jimmy Carter: “I've come to know a man with a quiet courage who didn't use his office just to ingratiate himself with the electorate.”

On the recordSeptember 9, 1977
I've come to know a man with a quiet courage who didn't use his office just to ingratiate himself with the electorate.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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