Relevant today:

"In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. But we've discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning."
- Jimmy Carter, from a speech on July 15th, 1979.

No wonder that I admire this man. Thirty years later, the house of cards is coming down, and these words were never more relevant.