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Jimmy Carter: “I know in more vivid terms than before that nations like your own and like the Soviet Union, which have suffered so…”

On the recordDecember 29, 1977
I know in more vivid terms than before that nations like your own and like the Soviet Union, which have suffered so deeply, will never commence a war unless there is the most profound provocation or misunderstanding brought about by lack of communication.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Toasts of the President and First Secretary Gierek at a State Dinner in Warsaw, Poland

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