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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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Dec 16, 1979

There is a need to celebrate courage and to remember that hope in one's breast need never die.

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Dec 15, 1979

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including Section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c), and in order to terminate…

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Dec 13, 1979

The study finds that the river does not possess the qualities to be eligible to be added to the national system.

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Dec 13, 1979

There is established a board of three members to be appointed by the President to investigate this dispute.

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Dec 13, 1979

The board shall report its finding to the President with respect to the dispute within 30 days from the date of this Order.

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Dec 13, 1979

From this date and for 30 days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by The Long Island Rail Road, or by its employees, in the conditions out of which the dispute arose.

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Dec 12, 1979

At this moment there are 50 Americans who don't have freedom, who don't have joy, and who don't have warmth, who don't have their families with them.

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Dec 12, 1979

With the passage of this legislation, 15 out of the 19 legislative proposals I originally submitted to Congress in my urban policy have been signed into law.

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Dec 12, 1979

So, we do have disappointments; we do have suffering; we do have divisions; we often have war.

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