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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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Aug 1, 1976

First, there would be a drastic simplification of the tax code.

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Aug 1, 1976

I would try to shift the nation away from oil to increased use of coal.

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Aug 1, 1976

I would like to give them job training and literacy instruction and get them job offers.

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Aug 1, 1976

I would have a tough management attitude with the government itself.

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Aug 1, 1976

I think the rate of increase would be carefully controlled, well-considered, and subject to a long-range plan.

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Jul 31, 1976

Vocational rehabilitation is a dead end if it does not lead to a job.

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Jul 31, 1976

We must attempt to enable all of our people to reach their full human potential.

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Jul 31, 1976

I will implement the Education for All Handicapped Children Act as swiftly as possible, to insure that all the children in this nation can receive a high quality public education.

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Jul 31, 1976

Full rehabilitation—leading to economic, social and vocational independence—is our common goal.

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Jul 31, 1976

We will care, in dignity and respect and compassion, for those who cannot care for themselves.

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Jul 31, 1976

We all pray for the day when people in need of residential care will be able to reenter the productive mainstream.

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Jul 31, 1976

It is the government's responsibility to do the very best it can to minimize the burden of those costs.

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Jul 28, 1976

We have to have a consistent, unshakable, unchanging commitment of support for Israel.

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Jul 28, 1976

I think the best way to be predictable is first of all to have a clearly understood policy that has been worked out through direct bilateral negotiations.

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Jul 28, 1976

I think this is the first time that any Presidential candidate has ever spent so much time studying the particular problems of the developing nations.

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Jul 28, 1976

We are trying to learn as much as we possibly can about the interrelationship between our nation and others.

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Jul 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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Jul 28, 1976

I think we ought to recognize as one aspect of the question the multinational interest in the southern part of Africa in dealing with South Africa.

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