Jimmy Carter actually said...

Infrequently on the world scene, there arises a young leader at the beginning of the history of a nation who in a strange but all pervasive way represents what his people are and what his country hopes to be.

Context

Toasts of the President and President Nyerere of Tanzania at a Working Dinner for the Tanzanian President

08/03/1977

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