05/26/1977
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"This is a time for us to make a sacrifice."
"I believe that we're ready for him, and I believe with your help, he'll be in Washington next January to help me."
"I hope that you won't be satisfied with just having done this small thing to help a man who... has devoted his last 4 years paying off old debts."
"The South is the only part of the United States that really knows what it means to suffer the tortures of the aftermath of a war."