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vespokentoyouonmanyoccasionsaboutnationalconcerns,theenergycrisis,reorganizingthegovernment,ournation¡

seconomy,andissuesofwarandespeciallypeace.butoverthoseyearsthesubjectsofthespeeches,thetalks,andthepressconferenceshavebecomeincreasinglynarrow,focusedmoreandmoreonwhattheisolatedworldofwashingtonthinksisimportant.gradually,you¡

veheardmoreandmoreaboutwhatthegovernmentthinksorwhatthegovernmentshouldbedoingandlessandlessaboutournation¡

shopes,ourdreams,andourvisionofthefuture.

tendaysago,ihadplannedtospeaktoyouagainaboutaveryimportantsubject--energy.forthefifthtimeiwouldhavedescribedtheurgencyoftheproblemandlaidoutaseriesoflegislativerecommendationstothecongress.butasiwaspreparingtospeak,ibegantoaskmyselfthesamequestionthatinowknowhasbeentroublingmanyofyou:

whyhavewenotbeenabletogettogetherasanationtoresolveourseriousenergyproblem?

it¡

sclearthatthetrueproblemsofournationaremuchdeeper--deeperthangasolinelinesorenergyshortages,deepereventhaninflationorrecession.andirealizemorethaneverthataspresidentineedyourhelp.so,idecidedtoreachoutandtolistentothevoicesofamerica.

iinvitedtocampdavidpeoplefromalmosteverysegmentofoursociety--businessandlabor,teachersandpreachers,governors,mayors,andprivatecitizens.andthenileftcampdavidtolistentootheramericans,menandwomenlikeyou.ithasbeenanextraordinarytendays,andiwanttosharewithyouwhati¡

veheard.

firstofall,igotalotofpersonaladvice.letmequoteafewofthetypicalcommentsthatiwrotedown.

thisfromasoutherngovernor:

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mr.president,youarenotleadingthisnation--you¡

rejustmanagingthegovernment.¡

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youdon¡

tseethepeopleenoughanymore.¡

someofyourcabinetmembersdon¡

tseemloyal.thereisnotenoughdisciplineamongyourdisciples.¡

don¡

ttalktousaboutpoliticsorthemechanicsofgovernment,butaboutanunderstandingofourcommongood.¡

mr.president,we¡

reintrouble.talktousaboutbloodandsweatandtears.¡

ifyoulead,mr.president,wewillfollow.¡

manypeopletalkedaboutthemselvesandabouttheconditionofournation.thisfromayoungwomaninpennsylvania:

ifeelsofarfromgovernment.ifeellikeordinarypeopleareexcludedfrompoliticalpower.¡

andthisfromayoungchicano:

someofushavesufferedfromrecessionallourlives.¡

somepeoplehavewastedenergy,butothershaven¡

thadanythingtowaste.¡

andthisfromareligiousleader:

nomaterialshortagecantouchtheimportantthingslikegod¡

sloveforusorourloveforoneanother.¡

andilikethisoneparticularlyfromablackwomanwhohappenstobethemayorofasmallmississippitown:

thebigshotsarenottheonlyoneswhoareimportant.remember,youcan¡

tsellanythingonwallstreetunlesssomeonedigsitupsomewhereelsefirst.¡

thiskindofsummarizedalotofotherstatements:

mr.president,weareconfrontedwithamoralandaspiritualcrisis.¡

severalofourdiscussionswereonenergy,andihaveanotebookfullofcommentsandadvice.i¡

llreadjustafew.

wecan¡

tgoonconsumingfortypercentmoreenergythenweproduce.whenweimportoilwearealsoimportinginflationplusunemployment.¡

we¡

vegottousewhatwehave.themiddleeasthasonlyfivepercentoftheworld¡

senergy,buttheunitedstateshastwenty-fourpercent.¡

andthisisoneofthemostvividstatements:

ourneckisstretchedoverthefenceandopechasaknife.¡

therewillbeothercartelsandothershortages.americanwisdomandcouragerightnowcansetapathtofollowinthefuture.¡

thiswasagoodone:

bebold,mr.president.wemaymakemistakes,butwearereadytoexperiment.¡

andthisonefromalaborleadergottotheheartofit:

therealissueisfreedom.wemustdealwiththeenergyproblemonawarfooting.¡

andthelastthati¡

llread:

whenweenterthemoralequivalentofwar,mr.president,don¡

tissueusbbguns.¡

thesetendaysconfirmedmybeliefinthedecencyandthestrengthandthewisdomoftheamericanpeople,butitalsoboreoutsomeofmylongstandingconcernsaboutournation¡

sunderlyingproblems.

iknow,ofcourse,beingpresident,thatgovernmentactionsandlegislationcanbeveryimportant.that¡

swhyi¡

veworkedhardtoputmycamp