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Jimmy Carter: “It's a wonderful thing in the South to get almost as much applause as Bert Lance, and I thank you for it.”

On the recordJanuary 19, 1978
It's a wonderful thing in the South to get almost as much applause as Bert Lance, and I thank you for it.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Atlanta, Georgia Remarks at the Southern Salute to the President Dinner

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