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On the recordJune 28, 1976
Our present system is a failure deplored alike by those who pay for it, those who administer it, and those who supposedly benefit from it.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Address to the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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