As you know, there is a growing disrespect for government, for schools, the news media and...

President Carter: As you know, there is a growing disrespect for government, for schools, the news media and other institutions. This is not a message of happiness or reassurance. But it is the truth and it is a warning. It is a crisis of confidence. We can see this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation. Too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. But we've discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning. We always believed that we were part of a great movement of humanity itself involved in a search for freedom. We are at a turning point in our history. The path that leads to fragmentation and self-interest. Down that road lies a mistaken idea of freedom. It is a certain route to failure. Thank you and good night. Dorothea's Dinner Guest: Wow. He is so screwed. Dorothea's Dinner Guest: No shit. Dorothea's Dinner Guest: It's over for him. Dorothea: I thought that was beautiful.