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On the recordSeptember 7, 1977
It tests the character and the will of the American people to do what's fair, what's right, what's decent.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Meeting With President Joaquin Balaguer of the Dominican Republic Remarks to Reporters Following

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