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On the recordJune 2, 1979
Social progress—equality, liberty, freedom, justice—that kind of progress comes rarely from government as the initiator.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Remarks at the Memorial Services for Civil Rights Leader A. Philip Randolph

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