Kevin Mattson

Probably. There's an element of where he's far ahead of his time and that perhaps we're seeing a kind of reenactment. Although, you know, the other obvious thing is that we're so much more polarized now than than we were when Jimmy Carter gave the speech. I mean, this is still the time in which Carter could, you know, talk to Republicans and be on a good basis with them.

Probably. There's an element of where he's far ahead of his time and that perhaps we're seeing a kind of reenactment. Although, you know, the other obvious thing is that we're so much more polarized now than than we were when Jimmy Carter gave the speech. I mean, this is still the time in which Carter could, you know, talk to Republicans and be on a good basis with them.

Probably. There's an element of where he's far ahead of his time and that perhaps we're seeing a kind of reenactment. Although, you know, the other obvious thing is that we're so much more polarized now than than we were when Jimmy Carter gave the speech. I mean, this is still the time in which Carter could, you know, talk to Republicans and be on a good basis with them.

And where the kind of public mistrust, at least in terms of partisanship, hasn't gotten out of whack the way it has today.

And where the kind of public mistrust, at least in terms of partisanship, hasn't gotten out of whack the way it has today.

And where the kind of public mistrust, at least in terms of partisanship, hasn't gotten out of whack the way it has today.

I think so.

I think so.

I think so.

The reason that I wrote the book was because I found that my undergraduates who read it for the first time were so amazed by the spirit behind it and that they wished that they had a president in their own day and age, and this was during the reign of George W. Bush, that they wished they had a president who told the truth, who was honest, who was forthcoming, who called people to action.

The reason that I wrote the book was because I found that my undergraduates who read it for the first time were so amazed by the spirit behind it and that they wished that they had a president in their own day and age, and this was during the reign of George W. Bush, that they wished they had a president who told the truth, who was honest, who was forthcoming, who called people to action.

The reason that I wrote the book was because I found that my undergraduates who read it for the first time were so amazed by the spirit behind it and that they wished that they had a president in their own day and age, and this was during the reign of George W. Bush, that they wished they had a president who told the truth, who was honest, who was forthcoming, who called people to action.

I think that for sure there are people who are yearning for getting around all the polarization, confronting problems seriously, and finding some sense of unity in a process of self-sacrifice. Now, I say that with a cautionary tone because I was alarmed at how with the pandemic, Americans' individualism came out again in full force, right?

I think that for sure there are people who are yearning for getting around all the polarization, confronting problems seriously, and finding some sense of unity in a process of self-sacrifice. Now, I say that with a cautionary tone because I was alarmed at how with the pandemic, Americans' individualism came out again in full force, right?

I think that for sure there are people who are yearning for getting around all the polarization, confronting problems seriously, and finding some sense of unity in a process of self-sacrifice. Now, I say that with a cautionary tone because I was alarmed at how with the pandemic, Americans' individualism came out again in full force, right?

You can't force me to do something that's for the collective good. That makes me wonder how much we still have any of the kind of spirit that sits behind the speech.

You can't force me to do something that's for the collective good. That makes me wonder how much we still have any of the kind of spirit that sits behind the speech.

You can't force me to do something that's for the collective good. That makes me wonder how much we still have any of the kind of spirit that sits behind the speech.