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Jimmy Carter

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Jimmy Earl Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from January 20, 1977, to January 20, 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the office of Governor of Georgia from January 12, 1971, to July 1, 1975. During his presidency, Carter focused on human rights, energy conservation, and the Camp David Accords, which led to a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. His administration also faced significant challenges, including the Iran Hostage Crisis and economic difficulties marked by inflation and unemployment.

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Sep 2, 1980

The best way to enhance human rights around the world is not to go to war and to kill people; it's to keep constantly before the leaders and the people of this world the possibility of freedom.

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Sep 2, 1980

The Council was established by Executive Order 12229 on July 29, 1980.

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Sep 2, 1980

My program is designed to revitalize our Nation's economy, to keep people at work, and to give a balanced benefit from any tax reductions.

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Sep 2, 1980

The sharp choice that the American people will make this year is perhaps between two men and two current party philosophies that are in as much disagreement as we have ever seen.

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Sep 2, 1980

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to implement the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, it is hereby ordered as follows.

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Sep 2, 1980

We're now making progress on bringing our party and our Nation back together.

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Sep 2, 1980

There is no way in the foreseeable future that the price of gasoline and the price of oil internationally is going to go down.

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Sep 1, 1980

Anybody who resorts to slurs and to innuendo against a whole region of the country, based on a false statement and a false premise, is not doing the South or our Nation a good service.

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Sep 1, 1980

I recommend that the Senate give early consideration to the treaty and give its advice and consent to ratification.

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