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Jimmy Carter: “The American labor movement was built on realism and persistence and our future depends on these same qualities.”

On the recordAugust 31, 1980
The American labor movement was built on realism and persistence and our future depends on these same qualities.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Labor Day Remarks at a White House Picnic for Representatives of Organized Labor

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