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By Jimmy Carter
It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will.
- Source
- Address to the Nation on Energy and National Goals: "The Malaise Speech", July 15, 1979
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- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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From Carter's televised address to the nation on energy and national goals, July 15, 1979, often called the malaise speech. The word "malaise" does not appear in it. He says the threat to America is nearly invisible.