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Jimmy Carter: We've got a long way to go and it can't be done with a dormant, acquiescent acceptance of a change in the law.

On the recordAugust 29, 1976
We've got a long way to go and it can't be done with a dormant, acquiescent acceptance of a change in the law.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Excerpt of Remarks to the Voter Education Project Leadership in Atlanta, Georgia

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