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“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others.
— Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States
Carter, J. (1977). A government as good as its people. New York: Simon and Schuster.
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