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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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