A simple and a proper function of government is just to make it easy for us to do good and difficult for us to do wrong.

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Original Citation

Carter, Jimmy. Democratic National Convention acceptance address. Democratic National Convention. 15 July 1976. Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, USA. Address.

Current Citation

Carter, Jimmy. Why Not the Best?: The First Fifty Years. University of Arkansas Press, 1996, epilogue.