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Quotation from Inaugural Address (Jimmy Carter) by Jimmy Carter
“Let our recent mistakes bring a resurgent commitment to the basic principles of our Nation, for we know that if we despise our own government we have no future”
Inaugural Address (Jimmy Carter), Middle of the address (Project Gutenberg #4938)
Carter's most direct reference to Watergate and Vietnam, turning national failure into a call to recommit to founding principles.
Citation: "Let our recent mistakes bring a resurgent commitment to the basic principles of our Nation, for we know that if we despise our own government we have no future" — Jimmy Carter, Inaugural Address (Jimmy Carter), Middle of the address (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id carter-inaugural-address-q6)
