President Jimmy Carter - "Crisis of Confidence" Speech
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- Опубліковано 27 бер 2008
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President Carter speaks to Americans about the "crisis of confidence" in American government, values, and way of life, as the public expresses doubt in a better future for their own children. Carter challenges citizens to unite and address the problems in America by first addressing the energy shortage.
July 15th, 1979
This was the last time an American President leveled with his people, talking to them as real adults, not just little children. Carter decided to tell the truth even if it risked losing him a 2nd term, and I respect him for that. Everything he said was true. I don't care if he didn't sugarcoat things the way the American people insist their Presidents do.
The opposite of our current
He said by the year 2000 we would be out of oil. It was a stupid speech
He's in his 90's now. I would still elect him over Biden.
The last 40 years have just been proving President Carter right over and over.
@@brianskinner5212 now ignore that line and look at the truths of when he was speaking of American values. Where American values switched from hard work, and unity of purpose to search for a greater future, to becoming a self-indulgent and consumption obsessed culture. He was stating renew the spirit of American values and create of purpose of unity to work together a combat these issues. People were distancing themselves from government which was posing a threat to our republic democracy. And how self-indulgence will never satisfy our longing for meaning. This was his response to the media and Americans losing confidence for the future. The confidence is what created America. The confidence in searching for a greater future for our children was lost along with the unity of purpose. America was built on the sole foundation of people who had a unity of purpose to search for something greater, aka freedom and worked together to combat the issue . So instead of doubting about the future, Shift that energy into creating a unity of purpose to work hard and search for a greater future for our children. But people didn’t want to hear that because it was true, society was built on consumption, human identity was defined and valued by what we own, not what we do. That is why there was a loss of unity of purpose to search for a greater future. They didn’t want to hear the criticism of how self indulgence and overconsumption had led people to value their lives by what they own rather than whAt they do for society and what purpose they serve so the people continue to doubt the future rather put their value and purpose in searching for a greater future. But people were just separating themselves further from government rather than creating a unity of purpose to combat these issues and create a better future.
Now he was one of the worst presidents but he provides some truths about American society needing to change in order to progress.
This is a serious episode of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
He’s a political Mr Rodgers..better human being than anything we’ve seen today.
@@luke.thedrifter2281 LOL I knew I'd see this comparison! I always said Jimmy was the Mr. Rogers President.
Our last good president. He knows the issues of humanity
Just read that he has decided to forego further treatment and has decided on in-home hospice care. When I was 12 years old I got to shake his hand in Los Angeles. I’ll never forget it.
He is a decent man. It’s good to see his face, and hear his voice. These are such difficult times in which we live. Life seems to have been so much simpler back then. But perhaps I’m idealizing the past, as one is prone to do.
That's great you got to meet him. I hope you cherish that forever. I never did, but will definitely grieve when he graciously leaves this world.
And on May 30 of this year, his wife and former first lady Rosalynn Carter was diagnosed with dementia, the Carter Center announced it.
Carter has been through the depression and ww2. He saw the boomer generation get fat, lazy and entitled causing horrendous economic problems to come. Carter was an unsuccessful politician because he was a good and honest person
All the latter stuff happened after he left office. Remarkable how long he has lived after his Presidency ended. He might even live to see the first post-Boomer President.
Do you know Carter personally?
@@brettsinger9565 , that stuff happened while he was in office.
@@brettsinger9565The eldest of boomers were getting in their thirties when Carter was president.
@@schris3 I'm well aware. Boomer longevity in all its forms is remarkable.
"We can't go on consuming 40 percent more energy than we produce. When we import oil we are also importing inflation plus unemployment."
Date: 1979
true
Shhh look at the bright moving colors over there 👉
Fun fact about Jimmy carter: he’s the only US president that can safely show himself in public without armed bodyguards. Imagine that…
He did have Secret Service protection
Yes while president. But there after he hasn’t needed protection since.
One of the more honest speeches any president ever gave.
Sean Posey It’s a shame honesty isn’t very common in politics. We say we want someone honest but then when they’re really honest we get our feelings hurt. Jimmy Carter was the right man at the wrong time.
@@ryanredman9244 so painfully true
Honest but dumb
He was a very good President.
Brian Skinner he is a very smart man.
I wish I could shake this man's hand, he called out our country's biggest flaw, decades in advance.
I actually did get to meet him at a book signing and shook his hand.
@@mimicotom absolutely lucky
yes a great man indeed
He told America what it didn't want to hear. When you level like that, you are sure to lose. Mondale said it back in '84 too, look what happened.
Biggest flaw? Yeah, warmongering and killing innocent millions certainly isn't a mistake as large!
Here listening after hearing he turned 99 years old this year ! May God bless this man and continue to look after him ❤
America can't tolerate that much honesty.
American can tolerate honesty, but maybe they wanted someone who could fix it.
So true. Humans like non reality, it is so much easier to live in fantasy. Until life sucks.
That part about personal indulgence and consumption was prophetic. He was right, without a common purpose, we descend into a raving mass of selfish individuals incapable of doing the smallest act of good for our future. And we are at a crisis point, no more will selfish acts get us out of trouble. We need to stand together, confident in our destiny.
Yeah, unfortunately that's not even remotely what happened ...
Why did Jimmy Carrter fail? I always hear he was an intellectually gifted man who cared deeply about the American people, and this speech seems to support that claim.
+super lynx because he was a peacekeeper
Was extremely intelligent, cared deeply for America, but lacked the political skills to make things happen. In my opinion, one of the Greatest Americans of all time, but definitely one of the worst Presidents of all time.
He also was President in a very difficult time. There were a whole lot of crises that just came to a head during his Presidency, such as the energy crises, Iran having a revolution, etc. He probably would have been a better President if he had been elected in an easier time.
Mr. Rogers was all those things too. Neither man was fit to be President. Gov. Carter outkicked his coverage. People were sick of Nixon and Vietnam and corruption and voted for change. Carter was that change.
50% of a President's legacy is his political skill and character. The other 50% is what cards you get dealt by the world, economy, events, wars, crises etc. Carter didn't get much luck on the latter and was probably too honest and smart for his own good.
The last President not owned by a corporation.
Wrong.
Too bad not enough people listened to him back then. Hindsight is 20/20 as they say...
And here we are in 20/20. What a hell mess.
Oh, people listened. They just didn't like what they heard. And so voted for free market excess en masse in 1980
HE RUINED THE ECONOMY. Then when people complained he told them to just accept it and be less materialistic. Mind you he didn't deprive himself. he has a nice ranch, and a nice home. Much more then many American have,. Let him get an apartment if he is so un materialistic.
@@marissashantez6051 The economy was already going under a recession during Nixon’s administration. The President has very little influence over the economy despite what many people, including the president and politicians, may say.
@@marissashantez6051 ,I agree.
A man ahead of his time.
Probably the most decent man to be elected US president in the country's history.
He's a piece of shit
He literally said we’d be out of oil by the year 2000 in this speech. The left wants to be ahead of their time, but they confuse being ahead of their time with just being super wrong.
@@akallstar5 jimmy carter? left? lmao
@@nicebuttigeg4346 yes, left, obviously.
You're a good man Jimmy Carter.
Good man, big heart, horrible president, bad politician.
+Simon Yacob One of the most honest men to live in the White House though.
+NCC-1701 Absolutely. I hope he does ok.
Yes yes yes!
He was really the only good president
You can feel his unique charming when you hear his southern accent (especially “more and more”).
President Jimmy Carter is what we need now which is a moral leader. Internationally he is arguably the most respected former President and Americans should give him his due respect. He is the real deal, I mean a humanitarian and true Christian .
Amen! 😊
Entitled much? Wipe your chin
Carter a very very rare politician who said and did all the right things regardless of how it effected his political points. Great man.
The media hated him so much. They still hate him. We never hear anything about him. The media just portrays him in a horrible light.
He is an enemy of the media.
Soooo
That makes me love him.
Tell me you lie without telling me. lol
Good land almighty, Carter....I was a young mother of two, I lived off the grid on a farm with no running water, on purpose. I worked hard to understand how to best protect the environment, how to spread the word and knowledge, about our energy crisis. I heard President Carter...and I thought surely, everyone would see the right thing to do for our future. But here we are..and well, I wish I could hug President Carter right now while he's with us.
He is realy a great president !
This was almost thirty years ago and yet the problem he is discussing has remained unsolved: energy. Amazing!
Another 13 years.... still the same
The problem was solved. We were energy independent. The only thing unsolved is people trying to convince us there is a climate change emergency, even though we can see with out own eyes and look at history and see there is nothing changing, and the people who yell the loudest about climate change and ice caps melting own o can front property.
jimmy carter never fucked up the country like bush
True
And nobody screwed up the country like Obama.
CashPresley32 Obama did not screw up the country
Carter did screw up Iran
@gaguy1967 big time
I'm not a political person, but Jimmy Carter is someone whom I greatly admire. He is one of the true American presidents. He didn't fire one shot, drop one bomb, or launch one missile.
While I don't agree with President Carter's religious views (*I'm an atheist*), I admire him for actually striving to be like Jesus Christ. Unlike so many Southern evangelicals today, Carter has actually been Christ-like by treating everybody, no matter their race, sex, sexual orientation, religion (or lack thereof), etc., with love, tolerance, and respect.
Unfortunately, a lot of today's Southern evangelicals thrive on hatred and disgust for anyone not exactly like them. Carter was and is a man ahead of his time, and he will certainly be missed and remembered for generations as one of the greatest ex-presidents and one of the greatest humanitarians of all time long after he's gone.
You can hear the dying gasps of the New Deal, echo in each word. You can't help but cry for the fate of the US, and ultimately the world.
Fuck the new deal you lazy fucking socialist. How about get off your fucking ass and work . Is it the richs fault your stupid ass didnt live out your dreams
@@MrOldheadtom So you'll be saying "no" if you get old enough to collect Social Security and Medicare?
@@BrendanMacWade No, because “social security” is his money dipshit, he was FORCED to pay into it, so he would obviously take his money back from a shit system that is completely bankrupt. FDR slowed the recovery of the depression to a crawl and got bailed out by the production boom due to WW2
@@akallstar5 no you idiot, he stopped the economic collapse that proceeded through the early 1930s till the New Deal started
@@BattlestarZenobia He really didn’t stop anything lol.
I am absolutely in love with this speech. Found my way here from the movie 20th Century Woman. What a great movie, what a fine speech.
I agree! I studied his presidency very intensely, and he was more naive than anything else.
Another problem was his two closest advisors (Vance and Breszinsky) wanted him to pursue polar opposites in terms of policy relating to energy, the economy and foreign policy. He would often accept alternate suggestions from them, which made his policy-making seem indecisive and contradictory.
He meant well, but was not cut out for the presidency.
So glad my mother didn’t raise me to take advice or insight from a fool- namely you, OP.
Very kind, thoughtful, compassionate, and productive man. He was too smart for Americans. In Europe, he would be appreciated because they are more civilized over there.
He should have tweeted this. It would have been GREAT!
BIGLEY
Nah, twitter ruined public discourse.
@AnObsoleteMan I had no idea about the solar panels. I'm so glad you posted that.
This is a profound and honest speech, something rare in politicians. I suggest this be reposted with better sound.
Great man Carter. One of the few Americans to say "Stop" and of course was not heeded.
Hands down the best president this busted nation has ever had the luxury even to have!, maybe one of the best humans this universe has “conjured up”. thank you Jimmy Carter. You go far out of your way to help your fellow human and it shows. ❤
My great aunt is in her 80s and grew up in rural Georgia, she speaks very similarly to him
He’s from rural Georgia too. Small city called plains
@@pandaduos871 They are actually from the same county
But I hope she isn't a terrible person like him.
Mr Carter was basically to good as a man for the puplicity. He really told the truth nobody wanted to hear but was necessary to be understand. The President needed the trust and help of the people and they let him down.
What a tragedy
People wanted to hear the truth, but they also wanted a President that could help make things better.
In 2020 I long again for a president that has the integrity and eloquence of President Jimmy Carter. Thank you for your wisdom.
Didn’t work for the public then, isn’t gonna work for the public now.
Here 2022 it’s ONLY THE START BOI THINGS ARE GETTING Worse Worse worse and WORSE till we’re in the Middle Ages tho that part just joking but that goes to show how much deep trouble we’re in
Carter is awesome.
Half right. He honestly assessed the situation (which hasn't changed much in 40 years) but had no idea how to inspire a solution.
This speech was nearly universally panned when Carter delivered it in July '79, not only by the opposition but by stalwart Dems such as Sen. Ted Kennedy. As a matter of fact, it was Kennedy who dubbed it the "malaise speech". This speech also emboldened Kennedy to run against Carter in 1980.
And Ted is now rotting in hell where he belongs, and Jimmy is still helping out his fellow man.
I actually read that it was very well received in the short term even giving him a bump in the polls. It was days later thanks to the actions of political enemies, and the malaise moniker catching on in the news cycle that the speech's perception turned negative. It appears it has mostly remained that way since.
What a great man
how is he still around in 2021?
he left a legacy with a bunch of 'nice' guys and do gooders
Thanks man.
People don't want the hard truth. People want to be told pretty lies. So they can live in blissful ignorance.
Hey we got a 2022 comment here
No. People want a President who can make things better.
Interesting prediction. I'll keep it in mind as things unfold...
Yo look it’s 2022 what’s happening has been building up since then and now get worse and worse and more worse
President Carter, today is your 99th birthday and I am pleased to see you are fighting on and doing well, along with your wife Rosalynn. You are one of the kindest, most sincere leaders we've had the privilege of having and just an altogether decent man. I pray you have happiness and peace in your days ahead. God bless you, Mr. President.
For those with ears: Watch it and remember while you can.
You need eyes to watch, ears to listen.
And wouldn’t we all love a leader like this now with the way the worlds going
A genuinely great man..
Amen to that!
I love Jimmy carter
Incredibly ironic how relevant this speech is 40 years later. Sans an issue with energy, we still suffer from many of the same problems he discussed.
How? That when a president ruins the economy, and makes everyone more poor, and then blames them for being materialistic? If he was so un materialistic, then he should have sold his nice spacious ranch and got n apartment.
😂
I love his accent.
Yeah he’s a Georgia guy
Telling it like it is, so rare in politicians.
"Whe have we not been able to get together as a nation to solve our serious energy problem?" Good question.
Unbelievable, he is still alive
Personally my favourite president. Had good intentions, and a lot of bad luck.
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions....
Crisis of confidence. Miss Jimmy.
His desire to tell the truth, and be a great human being while in office is the only reason his presidency was less than satisfactory. Maybe his policies turned out poorly, but I wish he could run again..he told the truth, and he genuinely had the people’s best interests at heart..and that’s more than you can ask from any politicians now.
Lil Wayne brought me here!
i don't quite agree with the message, but this is a POWERFUL speech. i love his voice.
Wh can i only hear this in my left ear
I don’t agree with most of Carter’s policy, but I totally respect his commitment to our nation’s best interests.
LMAO. This nigga was the first person to read hate comments.
***** Whoa, easy there edge lord. Caps locks is for kids.
***** Nice come back. It almost makes sense if you don't think about it.
Agreed... the comment is the result of the dumbing down of America...
Most underrated president in my opinion.
@William Thomson But weren’t even President!
@William Thomson jk
How is he underrated? He is constantly praised.
@@renealexander2703 Are you joking? He’s constantly maligned.
@@mariguana7918 , he's worshipped while Reagan is constantly maligned. People even malign the 80s just because Reagan was President.
Prophetic, as usual.
I like President J Carter, I think one of the finest President the world have ever seen. One can see pain in his eyes for environment, wars and crises after crises we as a humen suffer almost every day. Thats in the hands of few.......
You live long and healthy and happy, Love you Mr Carter.....
"I just want a president whos honest" well you got one and you ditched him for reagan so I guess you dont
He was honest? The dude is saying that we should all just put up with the mess he made. We just shouldn't be so materialistic and be angry that he made Americans more poor. We should just walk more because gas is so expensive. Thankfully Reagan FIXED all of those problems, so Americans didn't have to be poor, cold, and walk to work.
@@marissashantez6051 Actually what you said is patently untrue. US consumer prices kept on rising during all of Reagan's years at about the same speed as they did during Carter years, despite oil price crashing. Real wages stagnated even as productivity and GDP rose dramatically (a result of aggressive QE).
Reagan fixed nothing, but rather started a new school of economics and politics that would create the following disasters that rippled through American society for the next 40 years and counting: 1) weakened unions and labor laws, making US workforce dramatically less competitive in the world, 2) made the American public dumber through cuts to public education, 3) made Americans sicker through subsidies to big pharma and the insurance industries, 4) severely crippled corporate regulations and resulted in the monopolization of virtually all major industrial sectors and media and entertainment, 5) ushered in the Christian evangelical movements and made a clear violation to the separation of church and state, fostered the form of religious fundamentalism that fueled today's most regressive social attitudes, 6) committed nonstop atrocities all over the world by funding insurgent militant groups to assassinate and disappear prominent nationalist movement leaders everywhere, toppling democratically elected governments and supported dictators that are pro-US, 7) started "war on drugs" that turned the US into a police state and the prison labor industrial complex into a de facto modern slave economy, 8) funded religious fundamentalism in the middle east and Asia where it suits US short term interests (such as opposing USSR), resulting in major blowback in the form of Islamist terrorism that killed thousands of American civilians and soldiers, 9) despised the rule of law and the constitution, administered over a government that was knee deep in multiple major scandals in American history that resulted in over 130 officials criminally indicted, charged or sentenced, and nearly all of which commuted or pardoned or have sentences shortened or eliminated at the end of his crony successor, and 10) started the "deficit spending" culture that saw US debt double by the end of his term, and nearly quadruple near his successor's term.
Yeah Reagan really fixed everything, if fixing means destroying. We're still reeling from Reaganomics 40 some years later and some damages might be permanent. In popular cultures now he is remembered as the destroyer of USSR, but in the history books years down the line he might very well be remembered as the destroyer of USA.
@jokerraton8183, but he was honest about not being able to do anything. What's wrong with people voting someone who might can help and do better?
@@zxbc1 , and Jimmy Carter did nothing to help. So what's the difference? If that's the case, all Presidents destroyed the USA including Jimmy Carter.
This is why America hated Carter, he didn't mince words. The problem is Americans like to be lied to. Promises of a guaranteed better tomorrow without any hardship or work being done today. This is why people loved Reagan, and further in future Trump, pure confidence built on fallacies or loose foundations.
Pray for Jimmy Carter
Amazing voice
asshole words
one of the last good presidents we've had. or will ever have.
He was okay.
What are the chances of a president making a speech like this today?
Ahhh how about reverse of that and more sleepy Joe 🤣
Here in 2021
@RavenMichaels I agree. He was right. Not on many issues, but definitely on this one.
We need a Jimmy Carter #2.
The only golden years Reagan gave us was the piss that was called rain.
Apparently the same can be said about Reagan.
@R0undAboutMidnight Amen brother!
We need you back Carter.
They hated him because he told them the truth.
Nope. His own voters hated him because he turned his back on them and called evangelicals bigots and racists, and blamed capitalism for bungling an international oil deal on gas prices. That wasn't capitalism Jimmy, that was _you._ The _liberals_ think he told the truth, everyone else just sees a southerner who just spouted liberal talking points the second he got into power.
No. They hated him because he told them to just put up with the lower quality of life he was responsible for. Reagan came in and fixed everything. So people had a little money in their pocket again, could afford gas, houses, food...
They did not hate him. They wanted someone who could help make things better.
@Srd1126 Under Reagan, the stock market boomed, the real economy, wages, unemployment, that kind of thing was not going well.
What boom there was was fueled by massive borrowing, the "spend but don't tax" and "deficits don't matter" approach, for which we are paying for today.
And the Soviet Union collapsed under the weight of its own system, exacerbated by Afghanistan, Chernobyl and a suicidal arms race that it was having with the US.
Great Speech Mr. President
My god, they should air this on every channel in prime time. What Carter is saying then rings 100-times louder today. This guy was right on the money back then about what was going on and how we had to do something. Unfortunately, we were taken for a ride by the Reagan/Bush/Bush legacy and now look at where we are. 30 Years later and it's 100 times worse.
Great speech -- amazing.
Hahaha no
We were taken for a ride by Jimmy Carter.
Jimmy Carter my hero and the best president we've ever had, by far.
He ruined the economy of an entire country. Made many middle class people poor, m and then told people to not be so materialistic when they complained. Explain how this is OK>
@@marissashantez6051 , thank you.
For all the hockey players, who thought about miracle
Jake Williams favorite part
@MrLlurati amen!!!
Something I’ve noted is that this was filmed handheld rather than a camera on some sort of tripod. Merely fast forwarding, you can see the camera constantly moving up and down.. not too steady
I was 17 when he gave this speech. I can't believe he was even elected.
Yes sir can’t believe sleeping Joe got elected as well guess history repeats itself
How was he NOT re-elected?
Because he told the truth
A bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis to name a couple of tangible things. American voters respond to strength, something Carter did not project.
He was viewed as weak during a Cold War with USSR
@@krey89 , the truth was that he was hopeless.
@Tssheer youre right about the troubles Reagan went though and how he handled it and it was another tough time in our goverments history - im just glad your asking me questions rather than blowing me away with vulgar words and not even wanting to dicuss the issues ,always question both sides and you are more mature for your age than most of the older people i talk too- keep asking questions and make up your own mind we might ever agree all the time but that would make life dull -
Chris Matthews (host of Softball on MSNBC) wrote this speech.
Pretty much. Reagan, on the other hand, told everyone what they wanted to hear.
@Raford146, no. Reagan tried to make things better after Carter admitted thing were hopeless.
jimmy carter eh ! what a lovely geezer he was , a right little corker and no mistake .
@chris2002Rocklin yes, really. he was humble and was for the American people.
@Tssheer well thank you - there are a few of us out here who will discuss a topic without trying to win at all cost as thats not how you have a conversation with someone anyway - i feel that some people have this thing that since we are not sitting across from the other person that they can act ianyway they wish - i talk like youre here and we are exchanging ideas - i dont waste alot of time on anyone who just wants to stomp all over the issue - lifes too short for that-
The only Democrat I actually liked
For me one of the few
But now the party’s are cults
We are so obsessed with having the newest and the best. We need to collectively as humans get back into a mentality of making what we have last. Buy buy buy if you don't have the newest and the best you are a loser. Keep buying keep throwing things away. Keep feeding your dollars to the corporate machine
Yeah, well we don't need a president to lecture us on accepting less because he ruined the economy so we had less. If a robber came to your house, and when you complained that he took your stuff he told you to be less materialistic, maybe your schmuck enough to accept it. Im not.
@@marissashantez6051 go back to school you are talking out of your rearend
@@kevinsgonnapee He increased inflation, increased gas prices. Horrible unemployment. the misery index hit 16. He created the board of education, and after being ranked second, or students went down hill every year in global rankings. Why don't you tell me what you think was so good, so I can look it up. There is a reason he lost after 1 term in a landslide election, and why he had to make a speech about people not expecting to be wealthy.
@@marissashantez6051 that wasn't the point of this speech. Do you want some free stuff?
@@kevinsgonnapee No. I don't want a communist like Carter handing out welfare to people. And I sure don't need any crappy government stuff. But I don't want the government to take more and more of what I earn in taxes. And I don't want the government to spend tons of money creating inflation, which brigs up the price of everything. Obviously you don't know what any of these terms mean anyhow. Inflation is when the price of stuff goes up because the dollar is internally devalued. Like right now you may have notices the price of food and household stuff has gone up. this is inflation.
What did you think this speech was about? He is telling people that if they complain they are unpatriotic. Well, they were complaining about him.
humility and honesty are both admirable qualities that even many of his detractors agreed carter had. however, many people (myself included) felt he showed a lack of leadership. sean2015 may disagree with this, but i suppose enough people felt the same way.
Is this the speech used in the film Miracle?
No, I am a democrat. But you don't have to be republican to not like Jimmy Carter.