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Malaise historical perspective

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U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who on July 15, 1979, gave his famous “national malaise” speech where he described a “crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation.” The word “malaise” did not appear in the text of the speech.

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