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Episode 207 JOHN JENRETTE OUR CONGRESSMAN and JIMMY CARTER too (Part 17) A Look back at the Crisis of Spirit speech of President Jimmy Carter (Special Edition)
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“This is not a message of happiness or reassurance,’’ Carter said in his remarks 40 years ago, “but it is the truth and it is a warning.’’
In a speech given in July of 1979, witten about here in an article titled "Jimmy Carter and the meaning of Malaise" from JSTOR Daily:
"Carter proclaimed that the nation was suffering a “crisis in confidence” which struck “at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will.” He called upon the nation to reflect upon its meaning and purpose, and critiqued American materialism.
The immediate response was generally favorable. “No…
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