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Jimmy Carter: We recognized that spiritual uplift for a person can only follow if the bare necessities of life are provided.

On the recordOctober 14, 1979
We recognized that spiritual uplift for a person can only follow if the bare necessities of life are provided.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Kansas City, Missouri Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Conference of Catholic Charities

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