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Jimmy Carter: “I pray to God that I'll go out of office, hopefully at the end of 5 more years, still with our Nation at peace.”

On the recordSeptember 22, 1980
I pray to God that I'll go out of office, hopefully at the end of 5 more years, still with our Nation at peace.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Portland, Oregon Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Fundraising Reception.

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