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Jimmy Carter: We should get away permanently from an attitude of paternalism or punishment or retribution when some of the South…

On the recordJuly 28, 1976
We should get away permanently from an attitude of paternalism or punishment or retribution when some of the South Americans didn't yield to our persuasion.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Press Briefing in Plains, Georgia

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