Elle Fanning [Santa Barbara, 1979]
Mike Mill’s : 20th century women (2018)
A crisis of confidence ...
It’s clear that the true problems of our nation are much deeper -- deeper than gasoline lines or energy shortages, deeper even than inflation or recession. And I realize more than ever that as President I need your help. (...)
“We always believed that the days of our children would be better than our own, but we discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning.” (...)
Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. (...) For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next 5 years will be worse than the past 5 years. Two-thirds of our people do not even vote.
President Jimmy Carter, 15 July, 1979 [full speech]