Forum Post: the poverty of satisfaction

"If we believe that we, as Americans, are bound together by a common concern for each other, then an urgent national priority is upon us.... And this is one of the great tasks of leadership for us as individuals and citizens this year... it is to confront the poverty of satisfaction - purpose and dignity - that afflicts us all. Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things." (Robert F. Kennedy, Speech, March 18,1968)