○  英语演讲稿：Energy and the National Goals  ○

“we’ve got to use what we have. the middle east has only five percent of the world’s energy, but the united states has twenty-four percent.”

and this is one of the most vivid statements: “our neck is stretched over the fence and opec has a knife.”

“there will be other cartels and other shortages. american wisdom and courage right now can set a path to follow in the future.”

this was a good one: “be bold, mr. president. we may make mistakes, but we are ready to experiment.”

and this one from a labor leader got to the heart of it: “the real issue is freedom. we must deal with the energy problem on a war footing.”

and the last that i’ll read: “when we enter the moral equivalent of war, mr. president, don’t issue us bb guns.”

these ten days confirmed my belief in the decency and the strength and the wisdom of the american people, but it also bore out some of my longstanding concerns about our nation’s underlying problems.

i know, of course, being president, that government actions and legislation can be very important. that’s why i’ve worked hard to put my campaign promises into law, and i have to admit, with just mixed success. but after listening to the american people, i have been reminded again that all the legislation in the world can’t fix what’s wrong with america. so, i want to speak to you first tonight about a subject even more serious than energy or inflation. i want to talk to you right now about a fundamental threat to american democracy.

i do not mean our political and civil liberties. they will endure. and i do not refer to the outward strength of america, a nation that is at peace tonight everywhere in the world, with unmatched economic power and military might.

the threat is nearly invisible in ordinary ways.

it is a crisis of confidence.

it is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. we can see this crisis in the growing doubt abo

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