"Self-sufficiency, discipline, sacrifice, conservation, independence, the striving for meaning and purpose beyond material wealth. All of these characteristics were once associated with conservatism, and they were all part of a speech given by a man who was naval officer, farmer and large landowner, small businessman, Sunday school teacher, and Southerner."
Sean Scallon in The American Conservative argues that Jimmy Carter's "Crisis of Confidence" speech was "one of the most conservative presidential statements of the last 30 years."
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