| 00:00:00 | U. |
| 00:00:03 | S.A. U. |
| 00:00:11 | S.A. [APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:00:46 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:01:45 | >> FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! >> THANK YOU, ALL. |
| 00:02:03 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:02:13 | >> MR. |
| 00:02:18 | CHAIRMAN. |
| 00:02:20 | MR. |
| 00:02:22 | CHAIRMAN, DELEGATES, FELLOW CITIZENS. |
| 00:02:26 | I'M HONORED BY YOUR SUPPORT AND I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:02:55 | WHEN I SAID THOSE WORDS, FOUR YEARS AGO, NONE OF US COULD HAVE ENVISIONED WHAT THESE YEARS WOULD BRING. |
| 00:03:05 | IN THE HEART OF THIS GREAT CITY, WE SAW TRAGEDY ARRIVE ON A QUIET MORNING. |
| 00:03:13 | WE SAW THE BRAVERY OF RESCUERS GROW WITH DANGER. |
| 00:03:19 | WE LEARNED OF PASSENGERS ON A DOOMED PLANE WHO DIED WITH A COURAGE THAT FRIGHTENED THEIR KILLERS. |
| 00:03:29 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:03:33 | WE HAVE SEEN A SHAKEN ECONOMY RISE TO ITS FEET, AND WE HAVE SEEN AMERICANS IN UNIFORM STORMING MOUNTAIN STRONGHOLDS AND CHARGING THROUGH SANDSTORMS, LIBERATING MILLIONS WITH ACTS OF VALOR THAT WOULD MAKE THE MEN OF NORMANDY PROUD. |
| 00:04:00 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:04:06 | 2001, AMERICANS HAVE BEEN GIVEN HILLS TO CLIMB AND FOUND THE STRENGTH TO CLIMB THEM. |
| 00:04:15 | NOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE THE HARD JOURNEY, WE CAN SEE THE VALLEY BELOW. |
| 00:04:22 | NOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE FACED CHALLENGES WITH RESOLVE, WE HAVE HISTORIC GOALS WITHIN OUR REACH AND GREATNESS IN OUR FUTURE. |
| 00:04:33 | WE WILL BUILD A SAFER WORLD AND A MORE HOPEFUL AMERICA AND NOTHING WILL HOLD US BACK. |
| 00:04:41 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:04:57 | IN THE WORK WE HAVE DONE AND THE WORK WE WILL DO, I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE A SUPERB VICE PRESIDENT. |
| 00:05:07 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:05:21 | I HAVE COUNTED ON DICK CHENEY'S STEADY JUDGMENT IN DIFFICULT DAYS, AND I'M HONORED TO HAVE HIM AT MY SIDE. |
| 00:05:34 | I'M GRATEFUL TO SHARE MY WALK IN LIFE WITH LAURA BUSH. |
| 00:05:57 | AMERICANS, AMERICANS HAVE COME TO SEE THE GOODNESS AND KINDNESS AND STRENGTH I FIRST SAW 26 YEARS AGO, AND WE LOVE OUR FIRST LADY. |
| 00:06:07 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:06:13 | I'M A FORTUNATE FATHER OF TWO SPIRITED, INTELLIGENT AND LOVELY YOUNG WOMEN. |
| 00:06:24 | I'M BLESSED WITH A SISTER AND BROTHERS WHO ARE MY CLOSEST FRIENDS. |
| 00:06:31 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:06:35 | AND I WILL ALWAYS BE THE PROUD AND GRATEFUL SON OF GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH. |
| 00:06:42 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:07:02 | MY FATHER SERVED EIGHT YEARS AT THE SIDE OF ANOTHER GREAT AMERICAN. |
| 00:07:06 | RONALD REAGAN. |
| 00:07:16 | HIS SPIRIT OF OPTIMISM AND GOODWILL AND DECENCY ARE IN THIS HALL, AND ARE IN OUR HEARTS AND WILL ALWAYS DEFINE OUR PARTY. |
| 00:07:32 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:07:33 | TWO MONTHS FROM TODAY, VOTERS WILL MAKE A CHOICE BASED ON THE RECORDS WE HAVE BUILT, THE CONVICTIONS WE HOLD AND THE VISION THAT GUIDES US FORWARD. |
| 00:07:46 | A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS A CONTEST FOR THE FUTURE. |
| 00:07:49 | TONIGHT, I WILL TELL YOU WHERE I STAND. |
| 00:07:54 | WHAT I BELIEVE, AND WHERE I WILL LEAD THIS COUNTRY IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. |
| 00:08:05 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:08:06 | >> FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! >> I BELIEVE EVERY CHILD CAN LEARN AND EVERY SCHOOL MUST TEACH, SO WE PASSED THE MOST IMPORTANT FEDERAL EDUCATION REFORM IN HISTORY, BECAUSE WE ACTED, CHILDREN ARE MAKING SUSTAINED PROGRESS IN READING AND MATH. |
| 00:08:29 | AMERICA'S SCHOOLS ARE GETTING BETTER AND NOTHING WILL HOLD US BACK. |
| 00:08:34 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:08:43 | I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO HONOR AMERICA'S SENIORS, SO I BROUGHT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN MEDICARE. |
| 00:08:54 | NOW SENIORS ARE GETTING IMMEDIATE HELP BUYING MEDICINE, SOON EVERY SENIOR WILL BE ABLE TO GET PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE, AND NOTHING WILL HOLD US BACK. |
| 00:09:04 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:09:12 | I BELIEVE IN THE ENERGY AND INNOVATIVE SPIRIT OF AMERICA'S WORKERS, ENTREPRENEURS, FARMERS, RANCHERS, SO WE UNLEASH THAT ENERGY WITH THE LARGEST TAX RELIEF IN A GENERATION. |
| 00:09:30 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:09:40 | BECAUSE WE ACTED, OUR ECONOMY IS GROWING AGAIN, AND CREATING JOBS, AND NOTHING WILL HOLD US BACK. |
| 00:09:49 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:09:55 | I BELIEVE THE MOST SALEM DUTY OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT IS TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 00:10:03 | IF AMERICA SHOWS UNCERTAINTY OR WEAKNESS IN THIS DECADE, THE WORLD WILL DRIFT TOWARD TRAGEDY. |
| 00:10:11 | THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN ON MY WATCH. |
| 00:10:14 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:10:42 | I'M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT WITH A CLEAR AND POSITIVE PLAN. |
| 00:10:46 | TO BUILD A SAFER WORLD AND A MORE HOPEFUL AMERICA. |
| 00:10:52 | I'M RUNNING WITH A COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE PHILOSOPHY THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD HELP PEOPLE IMPROVE THEIR LIVES, NOT TRY TO RUN THEIR LIVES. |
| 00:11:07 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:11:08 | I BELIEVE THIS NATION WANTS STEADY, CONSISTENT PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP. |
| 00:11:14 | THAT IS WHY, WITH YOUR HELP, WE WILL WIN THIS ELECTION. |
| 00:11:19 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:11:51 | THE STORY OF AMERICA IS THE STORY OF EXPANDING LIBERTY. |
| 00:11:58 | AND AN EVER-WIDENING CIRCLE, CONSTANTLY REACHING TO GROW FURTHER AND INCLUDE MORE. |
| 00:12:04 | OUR NATION'S FOUNDING COMMITMENT IS STILL OUR DEEPEST COMMITMENT. |
| 00:12:11 | IN OUR WORLD AND HERE AT HOME, WE WILL EXTEND THE FRONTIERS OF FREEDOM. |
| 00:12:22 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:12:23 | THE TIMES IN WHICH WE WORK AND LIVE ARE CHANGING DRAMATICALLY. |
| 00:12:29 | THE WORKERS OF OUR PARENTS' GENERATION TYPICALLY HAD ONE JOB, ONE SKILL, ONE CAREER. |
| 00:12:36 | OFTEN WITH ONE COMPANY. |
| 00:12:38 | THAT PROVIDED HEALTH CARE AND A PENSION, AND MOST OF THOSE WORKERS WERE MEN. |
| 00:12:45 | TODAY, WORKERS CHANGE JOBS, EVEN CAREERS MANY TIMES DURING THEIR LIVES. |
| 00:12:50 | AND IN ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC SHIFTS, OUR SOCIETY HAS SEEN 2/3 OF ALL MOMS ALSO WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME. |
| 00:13:03 | THIS CHANGED WORLD CAN BE A TIME OF GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AMERICANS TO EARN A BETTER LIVING, SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY, AND HAVE A REWARDING CAREER. |
| 00:13:16 | AND GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE YOUR SIDE. |
| 00:13:19 | MANY OF OUR MOST FUNDAMENTAL SYSTEMS -- THE TAX CODE, HEALTH COVERAGE, PENSION PLANS, WORKER TRAINING -- WERE CREATED FOR THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY, NOT TOMORROW. |
| 00:13:33 | WE WILL TRANSFORM THESE SYSTEMS SO THAT ALL CITIZENS ARE EQUIPPED, PREPARED AND THUS TRULY FREE TO MAKE YOUR OWN CHOICES AND PURSUE YOUR OWN DREAMS. |
| 00:13:46 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:13:55 | MY PLAN BEGINS WITH PROVIDING THE SECURITY AND OPPORTUNITY OF A GROWING ECONOMY. |
| 00:14:01 | WE NOW COMPETE IN A GLOBAL MARKET THAT PROVIDES NEW BUYERS FOR OUR GOODS BUT NEW COMPETITION FOR OUR WORKERS. |
| 00:14:10 | TO CREATE MORE JOBS IN AMERICA, AMERICA MUST BE THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO DO BUSINESS. |
| 00:14:18 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:14:26 | TO CREATE JOBS, MY PLAN WILL ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT AND EXPANSION, BY RESTRAINING FEDERAL SPENDING, REDUCING REGULATION, AND MAKING THE TAX RELIEF PERMANENT. |
| 00:14:42 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:14:59 | TO CREATE JOBS, WE WILL MAKE OUR COUNTRY LESS DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN SOURCES OF ENERGY. |
| 00:15:08 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:15:11 | TO CREATE JOBS, WE WILL EXPAND TRADE AND LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD TO SELL AMERICAN GOODS AND SERVICES ACROSS THE GLOBE. |
| 00:15:25 | AND WE MUST PROTECT SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND WORKERS FROM THE EXPLOSION OF FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS THAT THREATEN JOBS ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. |
| 00:15:36 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:15:54 | ANOTHER DRAG IN OUR ECONOMY IS THE CURRENT TAX CODE. |
| 00:15:58 | WHICH IS A COMPLICATED MESS. |
| 00:16:02 | FILLED WITH SPECIAL INTEREST LOOPHOLES, SADDLING OUR PEOPLE WITH MORE THAN SIX BILLION HOURS OF PAPERWORK AND HEADACHE EVERY YEAR. |
| 00:16:12 | THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE AND OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE DEMANDS A SIMPLER, FAIRER PRO-GROWTH SYSTEM. |
| 00:16:21 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:16:30 | IN A NEW TERM, OUR I WILL LEAD A BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO REFORM AND SIMPLIFY THE FEDERAL TAX CODE. |
| 00:16:41 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:16:54 | ANOTHER PRIORITY IN A NEW TERM WILL BE TO HELP WORKERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EXPANDING ECONOMY TO FIND BETTER AND HIGHER-PAYING JOBS. |
| 00:17:03 | IN THIS TIME OF CHANGE, MANY WORKERS WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO DELIVER DIFFERENT OR HIGHER-LEVEL SKILLS. |
| 00:17:10 | SO WE WILL DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED BY OUR PRINCIPLED JOB TRAINING PROGRAM AND INCREASE FUNDING FOR OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES. |
| 00:17:18 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:17:25 | I KNOW THAT WITH THE RIGHT SKILLS, AMERICAN WORKERS CAN COMPETE WITH ANYONE, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. |
| 00:17:35 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:17:45 | IN THIS TIME OF CHANGE, OPPORTUNITY IN SOME COMMUNITIES IS MORE DISTANT THAN IN OTHERS. |
| 00:17:51 | TO STAND WITH WORKERS IN POOR COMMUNITIES AND THOSE THAT HAVE LOST MANUFACTURING, TEXTILE AND OTHER JOBS, WE WILL CREATE AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY ZONES. |
| 00:18:03 | IN THESE AREAS, WE WILL PROVIDE TAX RELIEF AND OTHER INCENTIVES TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESS AND IMPROVE HOUSING AND JOB TRAINING, TO BRING HOPE AND WORK THROUGHOUT ALL OF AMERICA. |
| 00:18:16 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:18:25 | AS I TRAVELED THE COUNTRY, I'VE MET MANY WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAVE TOLD ME THEY ARE WORRIED THEY CANNOT AFFORD HEALTH CARE. |
| 00:18:34 | MORE THAN HALF OF THE UNINSURED ARE SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES. |
| 00:18:39 | IN A NEW TERM, WE MUST ALLOW SMALL FIRMS TO JOIN TOGETHER TO PURCHASE INSURANCE AT THE DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE TO BIG COMPANIES. |
| 00:18:50 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:19:03 | WE WILL OFFER A TAX CREDIT TO ENCOURAGE SMALL BUSINESSES AND THEIR EMPLOYEES TO SET UP HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND PROVIDE DIRECT HELP FOR LOW-INCOME AMERICANS TO PURCHASE THEM. |
| 00:19:18 | THESE ACCOUNTS GIVE WORKERS THE SECURITY OF INSURANCE AGAINST MAJOR ILLNESS. |
| 00:19:24 | THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE TAX FREE FOR ROUTINE HEALTH EXPENSES AND THE FREEDOM OF KNOWING YOU CAN TAKE YOUR ACCOUNT WITH YOU WHENEVER YOU CHANGE JOBS. |
| 00:19:47 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:19:48 | WE WILL PROVIDE LOW-INCOME AMERICANS WITH BETTER ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. |
| 00:19:54 | IN A NEW TERM, I WILL INSURE EVERY POOR COUNTY IN AMERICA HAS A COMMUNITY OR RURAL HEALTH CENTER. |
| 00:20:04 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:20:10 | AS I TRAVELED OUR COUNTRY, I MET TOO MANY GOOD DOCTORS, ESPECIALLY OBGYN'S, WHO ARE BEING FORCED OUT OF PRACTICE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST OF LAWSUITS. |
| 00:20:26 | TO MAKE HEALTH CARE MORE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE, WE MUST PASS MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM NOW. |
| 00:20:37 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:20:55 | AND IN ALL WE DO TO IMPROVE HITLER CARE IN AMERICA, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT HEALTH DECISIONS ARE MADE BY DOCTORS AND PATIENTS, NOT BY BUREAUCRATS IN WASHINGTON, D. |
| 00:21:14 | C. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:21:15 | IN THIS TIME OF CHANGE, GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE THE SIDE OF WORKING FAMILIES, IN A NEW TERM, WE WILL CHANGE OUTDATED LABOR LAWS TO OFFER COMP TIME AND FLEX TIME. |
| 00:21:28 | OUR LAWS SHOULD NEVER STAND IN THE WAY OF A MORE FAMILY-FRIENDLY WORKPLACE. |
| 00:21:35 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:21:43 | ANOTHER PRIORITY FOR A NEW TERM IS TO BUILD AN OWNERSHIP SOCIETY. |
| 00:21:48 | BECAUSE OWNERSHIP BRINGS SECURITY AND DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE. |
| 00:21:53 | THANKS TO OUR POLICIES, HOMEOWNERSHIP IN AMERICA IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH. |
| 00:22:01 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:22:04 | TONIGHT WE SET A NEW GOAL. |
| 00:22:08 | SEVEN MILLION MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS SO MORE AMERICAN FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR AND SAY, WELCOME TO MY HOME. |
| 00:22:17 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:22:31 | IN AN OWNERSHIP SOCIETY, MORE PEOPLE WILL OWN THEIR HEALTH CARE PLANS AND HAVE THE CONFIDENCE OF OWNING A PIECE OF THEIR RETIREMENT. |
| 00:22:41 | WE'LL ALWAYS KEEP THE PROMISE OF SOCIAL SECURITY FOR OUR OLDER WORKERS. |
| 00:22:47 | WITH THE HUGE BABY BOOM GENERATION APPROACHING RETIREMENT, MANY OF OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN UNDERSTANDABLY WORRY WHETHER SOCIAL SECURITY WILL BE THERE WHEN THEY NEED IT. |
| 00:22:59 | WE MUST STRENGTHEN SOCIAL SECURITY BY ALLOWING -- ALLOWING YOUNGER WORKERS TO SAVE SOME TAXES IN A PERSONAL ACCOUNT, A NEST EGG YOU CAN CALL YOUR OWN AND GOVERNMENT CAN NEVER TAKE AWAY. |
| 00:23:12 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:23:29 | IN ALL THESE PROPOSALS, WE 3 IN ALL THESE PROPOSALS, WE SEEK TO PROVIDE NOT JUST A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, BUT A PATH, A PATH TONi GREATER OPPORTUNITY, MORE FREEDOM, AND MORE CONTROL OVER YOUR OWN LIFE. |
| 00:23:46 | AND THE PATH BEGINS WITH OUR YOUNGEST AMERICANS, TO BUILD A MORE HOPEFUL AMERICA, WE MUST HELP OUR CHILDREN REACH AS FAR AS THEIR VISION AND CHARACTER CAN TAKE THEM. |
| 00:24:00 | TONIGHT, I REMIND EVERY PARENT AND EVERY TEACHER, I SAY TO EVERY CHILD, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE, NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR SCHOOL WILL BE THE PATH TO PROMISE OF AMERICA. |
| 00:24:28 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:24:29 | WE ARE TRANSFORMING OUR SCHOOLS BY RAISING STANDARDS AND FOCUSING ON RESULTS. |
| 00:24:36 | WE ARE INSISTING ON ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERING PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND MAKING SURE THAT LOCAL PEOPLE ARE IN CHARGE OF THEIR SCHOOLS. |
| 00:24:52 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:24:53 | BY TESTING EVERY CHILD, WE ARE IDENTIFYING THOSE WHO NEED HELP. |
| 00:24:57 | AND WE ARE PROVIDING A RECORD LEVEL OF FUNDING TO GET THEM THAT HELP. |
| 00:25:09 | AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA, GAINSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS MOSTLY HISPANIC. |
| 00:25:14 | AND 90% POOR. |
| 00:25:15 | AND THIS YEAR, 90% OF THE STUDENTS PASSED STATE TESTS IN READING AND MATH. |
| 00:25:22 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:25:30 | THE PRINCIPLE EXPRESSES THE PHILOSOPHY OF HIS SCHOOL, THIS WAY. |
| 00:25:35 | WE DON'T FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN'T DO AT THIS SCHOOL. |
| 00:25:38 | WE FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN DO. |
| 00:25:40 | AND WE DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET KIDS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. |
| 00:25:46 | YOU SEE, THIS PRINCIPAL IS CHALLENGING THE SOFT BIG TREE OF LOW EXPECTATIONS. |
| 00:25:57 | BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS. |
| 00:26:00 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:26:07 | AND THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF OUR EDUCATION REFORM AND THE COMMITMENT OF OUR COUNTRY. |
| 00:26:20 | [SPEAKING SPANISH] |
| 00:26:21 | WE WILL LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND. |
| 00:26:24 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:26:52 | [CHANTING] WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. |
| 00:26:56 | WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS, AND THERE IS MORE TO DO. |
| 00:27:00 | IN THIS TIME OF CHANGE, MOST NEW JOBS ARE FILLED BY PEOPLE WITH AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE. |
| 00:27:08 | YET ONLY ABOUT ONE IN FOUR STUDENTS GETS THERE. |
| 00:27:12 | IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, WE WILL FUND EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS TO HELP STUDENTS AT RISK. |
| 00:27:18 | WE WILL PLACE A NEW FOCUS ON MATH AND SCIENCE. |
| 00:27:21 | AS WE MAKE PROGRESS, WE WILL REQUIRE A RIGOROUS EXAM BEFORE GRADUATION, BY RAISING PERFORMANCE IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND EXPANDING PELL GRANTS FOR LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES, WE WILL HELP MORE AMERICANS START THEIR CAREER WITH A COLLEGE DIPLOMA. |
| 00:27:44 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:27:52 | AMERICA'S CHILDREN MUST HAVE A HEALTHY START IN LIFE. |
| 00:27:56 | IN A NEW TERM, WE WILL LEAD AN AGGRESSIVE EFFORT TO ENROLL MILLIONS OF POOR CHILDREN WHO ARE ELIGIBLE BUT NOT SIGNED UP FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS. |
| 00:28:07 | WE WILL NOT ALLOW A LACK OF ATTENTION OR INFORMATION TO STAND BETWEEN THESE CHILDREN AND THE HEALTH CARE THEY NEED. |
| 00:28:22 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:28:23 | ANYONE WHO WANTS MORE DETAILS ON MY AGENDA CAN FIND THEM ONLINE. |
| 00:28:29 | THE WEB ADDRESS IS NOT VERY IMAGINATIVE. |
| 00:28:34 | BUT IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER. |
| 00:28:44 | GEORGEWBUSH. |
| 00:28:45 | COM. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:28:50 | THESE CHANGING TIMES CAN BE EXCITING TIMES OF EXPANDED OPPORTUNITY. |
| 00:28:56 | AND HERE YOU FACE A CHOICE. |
| 00:28:59 | MY OPPONENT'S POLICIES ARE DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT FROM OURS. |
| 00:29:04 | IS SENATOR KERRY OPPOSED MEDICARE REFORM AND HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. |
| 00:29:08 | AFTER SUPPORTING MY EDUCATION REFORMS, HE NOW WANTS TO LOOT THEM. |
| 00:29:13 | HE OPPOSES LEGAL AND MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM. |
| 00:29:17 | HE OPPOSED REDUCING THE MARRIAGE PENALTY, OPPOSED DOUBLING THE CHILD CREDIT, OPPOSEDED LOWERING INCOME TAXES FOR ALL WHO PAY THEM. |
| 00:29:28 | TO BE FAIR, THERE ARE SOME THINGS MY OPPONENT IS FOR. |
| 00:29:37 | [LAUGHTER] HE'S PROPOSED MORE THAN $2 TRILLION IN FEDERAL SPENDING SO FAR. |
| 00:29:42 | THAT'S A LOT EVEN FOR A SENATOR FROM MASSACHUSETTS. |
| 00:29:54 | AND TO PAY FOR THAT SPENDING, HE IS RUNNING ON A PLATFORM OF INCREASING TAXES. |
| 00:30:02 | THAT'S THE KIND OF PROMISE A POLITICIAN USUALLY KEEPS. |
| 00:30:12 | HIS POLICIES OF TAX AND SPEND, OF EXPANDING GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY ARE THE POLITICS OF THE PAST. |
| 00:30:20 | WE ARE ON THE PATH TO THE FUTURE, AND WE'RE NOT TURNING BACK. |
| 00:30:26 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:30:49 | >> FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! >> IN THIS WORLD OF CHANGE SOME THINGS DO NOT CHANGE. |
| 00:31:06 | THE VALUES WE TRY TO LIVE BY, THE INSTITUTIONS THAT GIVE OUR LIVES MEANING AND PURPOSE. |
| 00:31:14 | OUR SOCIETY RESTS ON A FOUNDATION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND CHARACTER AND FAMILY COMMITMENT. |
| 00:31:21 | BECAUSE FAMILY AND WORK ARE SOURCES OF STABILITY AND DIGNITY, I SUPPORT WELFARE REFORM THAT STRENGTHENS FAMILY AND REQUIRES WORK. |
| 00:31:32 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:31:39 | BECAUSE A CARING SOCIETY WILL VALUE ITS WEAKEST MEMBERS, WE MUST MAKE A PLACE FOR THE UNBORN CHILD. |
| 00:31:47 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:32:10 | BECAUSE RELIGIOUS CHARITIES PROVIDE A SAFETY NET OF MERCY AND COMPASSION, OUR GOVERNMENT MUST NEVER DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THEM. |
| 00:32:21 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:32:24 | BECAUSE THE UNION OF A MAN AND WOMAN DESERVES AN HONORED PLACE IN OUR SOCIETY, I SUPPORT THE PROTECTION OF MARRIAGE AGAINST ACTIVIST JUDGES. |
| 00:32:35 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:32:52 | AND I WILL CONTINUE TO APPOINT FEDERAL JUDGES WHO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PERSONAL OPINION AND THE STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW. |
| 00:33:14 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:33:15 | MY OPPONENT RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HE IS THE CANDIDATE OF CONSERVATIVE VALUES. |
| 00:33:22 | MUST HAVE COME AS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF HIS SUPPORTERS. |
| 00:33:29 | THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS WITH HIS CLAIM. |
| 00:33:31 | IF YOU SAY THE HEART AND SOUL OF AMERICA IS FOUND IN HOLLYWOOD, I'M AFRAID YOU ARE NOT THE CANDIDATE OF CONSERVATIVE VALUES. |
| 00:33:40 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:33:53 | IF YOU VOTED AGAINST THE BIPARTISAN DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT WHICH PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNED, YOU ARE NOT THE CANDIDATE OF CONSERVATIVE VALUES. |
| 00:34:07 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:34:08 | IF YOU GAVE A SPEECH AS MY OPPONENT DID, CALLING THE REAGAN PRESIDENCY EIGHT YEARS OF MORAL DARKNESS, THEN YOU MAY BE A LOT OF THINGS. |
| 00:34:17 | BUT THE CANDIDATE OF CONSERVATIVE VALUES IS NOT ONE OF THEM. |
| 00:34:23 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:34:35 | THIS ELECTION WILL ALSO DETERMINE HOW AMERICA RESPONDS TO THE CONTINUING DANGER OF TERRORISM, CONTINUING DANGER OF TERRORISM, AND YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND. |
| 00:34:58 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:34:59 | THREE DAYS AFTER SEPTEMBER THE 11TH, I STOOD WHERE AMERICANS DIED IN THE RUINS OF THE TWIN TOWERS, WORKERS IN HARD HATS WERE SHOUTING TO ME, WHATEVER IT TAKES. |
| 00:35:13 | A FELLOW GRABBED ME BY THE ARM AND SAID, DO NOT LET ME DOWN. |
| 00:35:17 | SINCE THAT DAY I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING, THINKING ABOUT HOW TO BETTER PROTECT OUR COUNTRY. |
| 00:35:22 | I WILL NEVER RELENT IN DEFENDING AMERICA, WHATEVER IT TAKES. |
| 00:35:29 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:35:56 | >> U. |
| 00:35:57 | S.A.! U. |
| 00:35:58 | S.A.! U. |
| 00:36:03 | S.A.! U. |
| 00:36:05 | S.A.! >> SO WE HAVE FOUGHT THE TERRORISTS ACROSS THE EARTH NOT FOR PRIDE, TERRORISTS ACROSS THE EARTH NOT FOR PRIDE, NOT FOR POWER, BUT BECAUSE THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS ARE AT STAKE. |
| 00:36:17 | OUR STRATEGY IS CLEAR. |
| 00:36:20 | WE'VE TRIPLED FUNDING FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND TRAINED HALF A MILLION FIRST RESPONDERS BECAUSE WE ARE DETERMINED TO PROTECT OUR HOMELAND, TRANSFORMING OUR MILITARY AND REFORMING AND STRENGTHENING OUR INTELLIGENCE SERVICES. |
| 00:36:34 | WE ARE STAYING ON THE OFFENSIVE, STRIKING TERRORISTS ABROAD, SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO FACE THEM HERE AT HOME. |
| 00:36:43 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:36:57 | >> U. |
| 00:36:58 | S.A.! U. |
| 00:36:59 | S.A.! >> AND WE ARE WORKING TO ADVANCE LIBERTY IN THE BROADER MIDDLE EAST. |
| 00:37:05 | BECAUSE FREEDOM WILL BRING A FUTURE OF HOPE AND THE PEACE WE ALL WANT. |
| 00:37:10 | AND WE WILL PREVAIL. |
| 00:37:20 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:37:21 | OUR STRATEGY IS SUCCEEDING. |
| 00:37:25 | FOUR YEARS AGO, AFGHANISTAN WAS THE HOME BASE OF AL QAEDA. |
| 00:37:32 | PAKISTAN WAS A TRAN SIT POINT FOR TERRORIST GROUPS. |
| 00:37:35 | SAUDI ARABIA WAS FERTILE GROUND FOR TERRORIST FUND RAISING. |
| 00:37:39 | LIBYA WAS SECRETLY PURSUING KNEW CALLY WEAPONS, IRAQ A GATHERING THREAT, AND AL QAEDA WAS LARGELY UNCHALLENGED AS A PLANNED ATTACK. |
| 00:38:17 | TODAY, THE GOVERNMENT OF A FREE AFGHANISTAN IS FIGHTING TERROR, PAKISTAN IS CAPTURING TERRORIST LEADERS, SAUDI ARABIA IS MAKING RAIDS AND ARRESTS. |
| 00:38:29 | LIBYA IS DISMANTLING ITS WEAPONS PROGRAMS, THE ARMY OF A FREE IRAQ IS FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM, AND MORE THAN 3/4 OF AL QAEDA'S KEY MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES HAVE BEEN DETAINED OR KILLED. |
| 00:38:59 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:39:00 | WE HAVE LED MANY HAVE JOINED, WE HAVE LED MANY HAVE JOINED, AND AMERICA AND THE WORLD ARE SAFER. |
| 00:39:08 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:39:13 | THIS PROGRESS INVOLVED CAREFUL DIPLOMACY. |
| 00:39:19 | CLEARER MORAL PURPOSE, AND SOME TOUGH DECISIONS. |
| 00:39:22 | AND THE TOUGHEST CAME ON IRAQ. |
| 00:39:26 | WE KNEW SADDAM HUSSEIN'S RECORD OF AGGRESSION AND SUPPORT FOR TERROR. |
| 00:39:30 | WE KNEW HIS LONG HISTORY OF PURSUING, EVEN USING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. |
| 00:39:37 | AND WE KNOW SEPTEMBER THE 11TH REQUIRES OUR COUNTRY TO THINK DIFFERENTLY. |
| 00:39:44 | WE MUST, AND WE WILL, CONFRONT THREATS TO AMERICA BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. |
| 00:39:49 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:40:04 | IN SADDAM HUSSEIN WE SAW A THREAT. |
| 00:40:07 | MEMBERS OF BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES, INCLUDING -- >> FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! >> MEMBERS OF BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES, INCLUDING MY OPPONENT AND HIS RUNNING MATE, SAW THE THREAT AND VOTED TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF FORCE. |
| 00:40:38 | WE WENT TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL WHICH PASSED A UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION DEMANDING THE DICTATOR DISARM OR FACE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. |
| 00:40:48 | LEADERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST URGED HIM TO COMPLY. |
| 00:40:53 | AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF DIPLOMACY, WE GAVE SADDAM HUSSEIN ANOTHER CHANCE, A FINAL CHANCE, TO MEET HIS RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE CIVILIZED WORLD. |
| 00:41:06 | HE GENRE FUSED. |
| 00:41:07 | AND I FACED THE KIND OF DECISION THAT COMES ONLY TO THE OVAL OFFICE. |
| 00:41:13 | A DECISION NO PRESIDENT WOULD ASK FOR, BUT MUST BE PREPARED TO MAKE. |
| 00:41:19 | DO I FORGET THE LESSONS OF SEPTEMBER THE 11TH AND TAKE THE WORD OF A MADMAN? |
| 00:41:25 | >> NO! >> OR DO I TAKE ACTION TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY FACED WITH THAT CHOICE, I WILL DEFEND AMERICA EVERY TIME! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:41:54 | BECAUSE WE ACTED TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY, THE MURDEROUS REGIMES OF SADDAM HUSSEIN AND TALIBAN ARE HISTORY. |
| 00:42:03 | MORE THAN 50 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIBERATED, AND DEMOCRACY IS COMING TO THE BROADER MIDDLE EAST. |
| 00:42:15 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:42:16 | IN AFGHANISTAN, TERRORISTS HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO INTIMIDATE PEOPLE, YET MORE THAN 10 MILLION CITIZENS HAVE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THE OCTOBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, A RESOUNDING ENDORSEMENT FOR DEMOCRACY. |
| 00:42:49 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:42:50 | ONGOING ACTS OF VIOLENCE, IRAQ NOW HAS A PRIME MINISTER, NATIONAL COUNCIL AND NATIONAL ELECTIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY. |
| 00:43:00 | OUR NATION IS STANDING WITH THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, BECAUSE WHEN AMERICA GIVES ITS WORD, AMERICA MUST KEEP ITS WORD. |
| 00:43:10 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:43:21 | AS IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE SERVING A VITAL AND HISTORIC CAUSE THAT WILL MAKE OUR COUNTRY SAFER. |
| 00:43:30 | FREE SOCIETIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST WILL BE HOPEFUL SEATS, WHICH NO LONGER FEED RESENTMENTS AND BREED VIOLENCE FOR EX-PART. |
| 00:43:41 | FREE GOVERNMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WILL FIGHT TERRORISTS INSTEAD OF HARBORING THEM, AND THAT HELPS US KEEP THE PEACE. |
| 00:43:50 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:43:55 | SO OUR MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ IS CLEAR. |
| 00:43:59 | WE WILL HELP NEW LEADERS TO TRAIN THEIR ARMIES AND MOVE TOWARD ELECTIONS, AND GET ON THE PATH OF STABILITY AND DEMOCRACY, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. |
| 00:44:09 | AND THEN OUR TROOPS WILL RETURN HOME WITH THE HONOR THEY HAVE EARNED. |
| 00:44:16 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:44:34 | OUR TROOPS KNOW THE HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF OUR WORK. |
| 00:44:39 | ONE ARMY SPECIALIST WROTE HOME, "WE ARE TRANSFORMING A ONCE SICK SOCIETY INTO A HOPEFUL PLACE. |
| 00:44:48 | " THE VARIOUS TERRORIST ENEMIES WE ARE FACING IN IRAQ, HE CONTINUED ARE AIMING AT YOU BACK IN THE UNITED STATES. |
| 00:44:55 | THIS IS A TEST OF WILL FOR OUR COUNTRY. |
| 00:44:59 | WE SOLDIERS OF YOURS, ARE DOING GREAT, SCORING VICTORIES AND CONFRONTING THE EVIL TERRORISTS. |
| 00:45:08 | " THAT YOUNG MAN IS RIGHT. |
| 00:45:09 | OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM ARE DOING A SUPERB JOB FOR AMERICA. |
| 00:45:17 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:45:34 | TONIGHT I WANT TO SPEAK TO ALL OF THEM AND TO THEIR FAMILIES. |
| 00:45:40 | YOU ARE INVOLVED IN A STRUGGLE OF HISTORIC PROPORTION. |
| 00:45:44 | BECAUSE OF YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE, WE ARE DEFEATING THE TERRORISTS WHERE THEY LIVE AND PLAN AND YOU'RE MAKING AMERICA SAFER. |
| 00:45:54 | BECAUSE OF YOU, WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN ARE NO LONGER SHOT IN A SPORTS STADIUM. |
| 00:46:00 | BECAUSE OF YOU, THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ NO LONGER FEAR BEING EXECUTED AND LEFT IN MASS GRAVES. |
| 00:46:07 | BECAUSE OF YOU, THE WORLD IS MORE JUST AND WILL BE MORE PEACEFUL. |
| 00:46:15 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:46:20 | WE OWE YOU OUR THANKS, AND WE OWE YOU SOMETHING MORE. |
| 00:46:24 | WE WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE RESOURCES, ALL THE TOOLS, AND ALL THE SUPPORT YOU NEED FOR VICTORY. |
| 00:46:43 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:46:45 | VICTORY. |
| 00:46:46 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> FOUR MORE YEARS! >> AGAIN, MY OPPONENT AND I HAVE DIFFERENT APPROACHES. |
| 00:46:52 | I PROPOSE AND THE CONGRESS OVERWHELMLY PASSED $87 BILLION IN FUNDING NEEDED BY OUR TROOPS, DOING BATTLE IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. |
| 00:47:02 | MY OPPONENT AND HIS RUNNING MATE VOTED AGAINST THIS MONEY FOR BULLETS, FUEL, BODY ARMOR. |
| 00:47:11 | WHEN ASKED TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE, THE SENATOR SAID, I ACTUALLY DID VOTE FOR THE $87 BILLION BEFORE I VOTED AGAINST IT. |
| 00:47:24 | THEN HE SAID HE WAS PROUD OF HIS VOTE. |
| 00:47:29 | THEN WHEN PRESSED, HE SAID, IT WAS A COMPLICATED MATTER. |
| 00:47:33 | THERE'S NOTHING COMPLICATED ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS IN COMBAT. |
| 00:47:40 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:47:58 | OUR ALLIES ALSO KNOW THE HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF OUR WORK. |
| 00:48:03 | 40 NATIONS STAND BESIDE US IN AFGHANISTAN AND SOME 30 IN IRAQ. |
| 00:48:09 | I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE COURAGE AND WISE COUNCIL OF LEADERS LIKE PRIME MINISTER HOWARD, PRESIDENT KUAZNESKI, AND OF COURSE PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR. |
| 00:48:23 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:48:40 | AGAIN, MY OPPONENT TAKES A DIFFERENT APPROACH. |
| 00:48:43 | IN THE MIDST OF WAR, HE HAS CALLED AMERICAN ALLIES, QUOTE, A COALITION OF THE COERCED AND THE BRIBED. |
| 00:48:51 | THAT WOULD BE NATIONS LIKE GREAT BRITAIN, POLAND, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, DENMARK, EL SALVADOR, AUSTRALIA, AND OTHERS. |
| 00:49:08 | ALLIES THAT DESERVE THE RESPECT OF ALL AMERICANS, NOT THE SCORN OF A POLITICIAN. |
| 00:49:34 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:49:35 | I RESPECT EVERY SOLDIER FROM EVERY COUNTRY WHO SESHES BESIDE US IN THE HARD WORK OF HISTORY, AMERICA'S GRATEFUL AND AMERICA WILL NOT FORGET. |
| 00:49:49 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:49:54 | PEOPLE WE HAVE FREED WON'T FORGET, EITHER. |
| 00:49:58 | NOT LONG AGO, SEVEN IRAQI MEN CAME TO SEE ME IN THE OVAL OFFICE. |
| 00:50:04 | THEY HAD X'S BRANDED INTO THEIR FOREHEADS. |
| 00:50:08 | AND THEIR RIGHT HANDS HAD BEEN CUT OFF BY SADDAM HUSSEIN'S SECRET POLICE. |
| 00:50:15 | THIS PUNISHMENT FOR IMAGINARY CRIMES. |
| 00:50:18 | DURING OUR EMOTIONAL VISIT, ONE OF THE IRAQI MEN USED HIS NEW PROSTHETIC HAND TO SLOWLY WRITE OUT IN ARABIC A PRAYER FOR GOD TO BLESS AMERICA. |
| 00:50:31 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:50:40 | I AM PROUD THAT OUR COUNTRY REMAINS THE HOPE OF THE OPPRESSED AND THE GREATEST FORCE FOR GOOD ON THIS EARTH. |
| 00:50:50 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:51:00 | OTHERS UNDERSTAND THE HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF OUR WORK, THE TERRORISTS KNOW. |
| 00:51:06 | THEY KNOW THAT A VIBRANT SUCCESSFUL DEMOCRACY AT THE HEART OF THE MIDDLE EAST WILL DISCREDIT THEIR RADICAL IDEOLOGY OF HATE. |
| 00:51:17 | THEY KNOW THAT MEN AND WOMEN WITH HOPE AND PURPOSE AND DIGNITY DO NOT STRAP BOMBS ON THEIR BODIES AND KILL THE INNOCENT. |
| 00:51:30 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:51:31 | THE TERRORISTS ARE FIGHTING FREEDOM WITH ALL THEIR CUNNING AND CRUELTY, BECAUSE FREEDOM IS THEIR GREATEST FEAR, AND THEY SHOULD BE AFRAID, BECAUSE FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH. |
| 00:51:59 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:52:00 | I BELIEVE IN THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER OF LIBERTY, THE WISEST USE OF AMERICAN STRENGTH IS TO ADVANCE FREEDOM. |
| 00:52:12 | AS THE CITIZENS OF AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ SEIZE THE MOMENT, THEIR EXAMPLE WILL SEND A MESSAGE OF VITAL REGION. |
| 00:52:20 | PALESTINIANS WILL HEAR THE MESSAGE THAT DEMOCRACY AND REFORM ARE WITHIN THEIR REACH, AND SO IS PEACE WITH OUR GOOD FRIEND ISRAEL. |
| 00:52:43 | YOUNG WOMEN ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST WILL HEAR THE MESSAGE THAT THEIR DAY OF EQUALITY AND JUSTICE IS COMING. |
| 00:52:50 | YOUNG MEN WILL HEAR THE MESSAGE THAT NATIONAL PROGRESS AND DIGNITY ARE FOUND IN LIBERTY, NOT TYRANNY AND TERROR. |
| 00:52:58 | REFORMERS AND POLITICAL PRISONERS AND EX-I'MS WILL HEAR THE MESSAGE THAT THEIR DREAM OF FREEDOM CANNOT BE DENIED FOREVER. |
| 00:53:07 | AND AS FREEDOM ADVANCES, HEART BY HEART AND NATION BY NATION, AMERICA WILL BE MORE SECURE AND THE WORLD MORE PEACEFUL. |
| 00:53:28 | AMERICA HAS DONE HAD KIND OF WORK BEFORE -- HAS DONE THIS KIND OF WORK BEFORE, AND THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DOUBTERS. |
| 00:53:38 | IN 19. |
| 00:53:39 | , 18 MONTHS AFTER THE FALL OF BERLIN TO ALLIED FORCES, A JOURNALIST IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES" WROTE THIS -- GERMANY IS A LAND IN AN ACUTE STAGE OF ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND MORAL CRISIS. |
| 00:53:52 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS WERE FRIGHTENED AND EVERY MILITARY HEADQUARTERS ALARMED OFFICIALS DOING THEIR UTMOST TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE OCCUPATION POLICY THAT THEY ADMIT HAS FAILED, END QUOTE. |
| 00:54:07 | MAYBE THAT SAME PERSON IS STILL AROUND WRITING EDITORIALS. |
| 00:54:23 | FORTUNATELY, WE HAD A RESOLUTE PRESIDENT NAMED TRUREGES WHO WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE PERSEVERED, KNOWING THAT A NEW DEMOCRACY AT THE CENTER OF EUROPE WOULD LEAD TO STABILITY AND PEACE. |
| 00:54:37 | AND BECAUSE THAT GENERATION OF AMERICANS HELD FIRM IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY, WE LIVE IN A BETTER AND SAFER WORLD TODAY. |
| 00:54:57 | THE PROGRESS WE AND OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES SEEK IN THE BROADER MIDDLE EAST WILL NOT COME EASILY OR ALL AT ONCE. |
| 00:55:06 | YET AMERICANS, OF ALL PEOPLE, SHOULD NEVER BE SURPRISED BY THE POWER OF LIBERTY TO TRANSFORM LIVES AND NATIONS. |
| 00:55:16 | THAT POWER BROUGHT SETTLERS ON PERILOUS JOURNEYS, INSPIRED COLONIES TO REBELLION, ENDED THE SIN OF SLAVERY, AND SET OUR NATION AGAINST THE TYRANNIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. |
| 00:55:30 | WE WERE HONORED TO AID THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY IN GERMANY AND JAPAN, NICARAGUA, CENTRAL EUROPE, THE BALTICS, AND THAT NOBLE STORY GOES ON. |
| 00:55:43 | I BELIEVE THAT AMERICA IS CALLED TO LEAD THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM IN A NEW CENTURY. |
| 00:55:48 | I BELIEVE THAT MILLIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST PLEAD IN SILENCE FOR THEIR LIBERTY. |
| 00:55:54 | I BELIEVE THAT GIVEN THE CHANCE, THEY WILL EMBRACE THE MOST HONORABLE FORM OF GOVERNMENT EVER DWILESED BY MAN. |
| 00:56:04 | I BELIEVE ALL THESE THINGS BECAUSE FREEDOM IS NOT AMERICA'S GIFT TO THE WORLD. |
| 00:56:08 | IT IS THE ALMIGHTY GOD'S GIFT TO EVERY MAN AND WOMAN IN THIS WORLD. |
| 00:56:33 | THIS MOMENT IN THE LIFE OF OUR COUNTRY WILL BE REMEMBERED. |
| 00:56:37 | GENERATIONS WILL KNOW IF WE KEPT OUR FAITH AND KEPT OUR WORD. |
| 00:56:44 | GENERATIONS WILL KNOW IF WE SEIZED THIS MOMENT AND USED IT TO BUILD A FUTURE OF SAFETY AND PEACE. |
| 00:56:52 | THE FREEDOM OF MANY AND THE FUTURE SECURITY OF OUR NATION NOW DEPEND ON US, AND TONIGHT, MY FELLOW AMERICANS, I ASK YOU TO STAND WITH ME. |
| 00:57:04 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:57:32 | IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, YOU AND I HAVE COME TO KNOW EACH OTHER, EVEN WHEN WE DON'T AGREE, AT LEAST YOU KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE AND WHERE I STAND. |
| 00:57:48 | YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED I HAVE A FEW FLAWS, TOO. |
| 00:57:53 | PEOPLE SOMETIMES HAVE TO CORRECT MY ENGLISH. |
| 00:57:56 | I KNEW I HAD A PROBLEM WHEN ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER STARTED DOING IT. |
| 00:58:03 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:58:09 | SOME FOLKS LOOK AT ME AND SEE A CERTAIN SWAGGER WHICH IN TEXAS IS CALLED WALKING. |
| 00:58:30 | NOW AND THEN I COME ACROSS AS A LITTLE TOO BLUNT, AND FOR THAT WE CAN ALL THANK THE WHITE-HAIRED LADY SITTING RIGHT UP THERE. |
| 00:58:43 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:58:48 | ONE THING I'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY IS THAT WHATEVER SHORTCOMINGS YOU HAVE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NOTICE THEM. |
| 00:58:57 | AND WHENEVER STRENGTHS YOU HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THEM. |
| 00:59:03 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:59:11 | THESE FOUR YEARS HAVE BROUGHT MOMENTS I COULD NOT FORESEE AND WILL NOT FORGET. |
| 00:59:17 | I'VE TRIED TO COMFORT AMERICANS WHO LOST THE MOST ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, PEOPLE WHO SHOWED ME A PICTURE OR TOLD ME A STORY SO I WOULD KNOW HOW MUCH WAS TAKEN FROM THEM. |
| 00:59:31 | I'VE LEARNED FIRSTHAND THAT THAT ORDERING AMERICANS INTO BATTLE IS THE HARDEST DECISION, EVEN WHEN IT IS RIGHT. |
| 00:59:39 | I HAVE RETURNED THE SALUTE OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS, SOME WITH A VERY TOUGH ROAD AHEAD, WHO SAY THEY WERE JUST DOING THEIR JOB. |
| 00:59:48 | I'VE HELD THE CHILDREN OF THE FALLEN WHO ARE TOLD THEIR DAD OR MOM IS A HERO, BUT WOULD RATHER JUST HAVE THEIR MOM OR DAD. |
| 00:59:57 | I'VE MET WITH THE PARENTS AND WIVES AND HUSBANDS WHO HAVE RECEIVED A FOLDED FLAG AND SAID A FINAL GOODBYE TO A SOLDIER THEY LOVED. |
| 01:00:09 | I AM AWED THAT SO MANY HAVE USED THOSE MEETINGS TO SAY THAT I'M IN THEIR PRAYERS AND TO OFFER ENCOURAGEMENT TO ME. |
| 01:00:20 | WHERE DOES THAT STRENGTH LIKE THAT COME FROM? |
| 01:00:24 | HOW CAN PEOPLE SO BURDENED WITH SORROW ALSO FEEL SUCH PRIDE? |
| 01:00:32 | IT IS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEIR LOVED ONE WAS LAST SEEN DOING GOOD. |
| 01:00:36 | BECAUSE THEY KNOW THIS LIBERTY WAS PRECIOUS TO THE ONE THEY LOST. |
| 01:00:42 | AND IN THOSE MILITARY FAMILIES, I HAVE SEEN THE CHARACTER OF A GREAT NATION, DECENT, IDEALISTIC, AND STRONG. |
| 01:01:10 | THE WORLD SAW THAT SPIRIT THREE MILES FROM HERE WHEN THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY FACED PERIL TOGETHER AND LIFTED THE FLAG OVER THE RUINS AND DEFIED THE ENEMY WITH THEIR COURAGE. |
| 01:01:26 | MY FELLOW AMERICANS, FOR AS LONG AS OUR COUNTRY STANDS, PEOPLE WILL LOOK TO THE RESURRECTION OF NEW YORK CITY AND THEY WILL SAY, "HERE BUILDINGS FELL, HERE A NATION ROSE. |
| 01:02:07 | " WE SEE AMERICA'S CHARACTER IN OUR MILITARY, WHICH FINDS A WAY OR MAKES ONE. |
| 01:02:13 | WE SEE IT IN OUR VETERANS WHO ARE SUPPORTING MILITARY FAMILIES IN THEIR DAYS OF WORRY. |
| 01:02:19 | WE SEE IT IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUND HEROES ONCE AGAIN. |
| 01:02:25 | WE SEE THAT CHARACTER IN WORKERS AND ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE RENEWING OUR ECONOMY WITH THEIR EFFORT AND OPTIMISM. |
| 01:02:33 | AND ALL OF THIS IS CONFIRMED ONE BELIEF BEYOND DOUBT -- HAVING COME THIS FAR, OUR TESTED AND CONFIDENT NATION CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING. |
| 01:02:44 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 01:02:56 | TO EVERYTHING WE KNOW THERE IS A SEASON, A TIME FOR SADNESS, A TIME FOR STRUGGLE, A TIME FOR REBUILDING, AND NOW WE HAVE REACHED A TIME FOR HOPE. |
| 01:03:11 | THIS YOUNG CENTURY WILL BE LIBERTY'S CENTURY. |
| 01:03:23 | nr BY PROMOTING LIBERTY ABROAD, WE WILL BUILD A SAFER WORLD, BY ENCOURAGING LIBERTY AT HOME, WE WILL BUILD A MORE HOPEFUL AMERICA. |
| 01:03:34 | LIKE GENERATIONS BEFORE US, WE HAVE A CALLING FROM BEYOND THE STARS TO STAND FOR FREEDOM. |
| 01:03:41 | THIS IS THE EVERLASTING DREAM OF AMERICA, AND TONIGHT IN THIS PLACE, THAT DREAM IS RENEWED. |
| 01:04:03 | NOW WE GO FORWARD, GRATEFUL FOR OUR FREEDOM, FAITHFUL TO OUR CAUSE, AND CONFIDENT IN THE FUTURE OF THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH. |
| 01:04:14 | MAY GOD BLESS YOU, AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR GREAT COUNTRY. |
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| 01:14:52 | CARDINAL EGAN HAS BEEN A BEACON OF HOPE, COMPASSION, AND INSPIRATION FOR MANY NEW YORKERS. |
| 01:15:01 | LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HIS EMINENCE, CARDINAL EGAN OF NEW YORK. |
| 01:15:17 | [APPLAUSE] >> MY DEAR FRIENDS, AS YOU CONCLUDE, THE WORK OF THIS NATIONAL CONVENTION, ALLOW ME TO INVITE YOU FOR A BRIEF MOMENT TO SET ASIDE ALL OF THE THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS SO THAT TOGETHER WE MIGHT RAISE OUR MINDS AND HEARTS IN PRAYER TO THE ONE GOD AND FATHER OF US ALL. |
| 01:15:46 | ALMIGHTY AND ETERNAL LORD, OUR LANDS ARE FERTILE, OUR TOWNS AND CITIES ARE ENRICHED WITH THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE, INDUSTRY, AND COMMERCE. |
| 01:16:00 | WE ARE A SPLENDID BLEND OF PEOPLES AND CULTURES FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE EARTH. |
| 01:16:09 | EVEN MORE, WE ARE CREATURES OF YOUR HAND, FASHIONED IN YOUR IMAGE AND PLACED HERE TO LIVE, AS YOU WOULD HAVE US LIVE, SO THAT WHEN THE COURSE OF OUR LIVES IS RUN, WE MIGHT SPEND AN ETERNITY IN YOUR PRESENCE. |
| 01:16:34 | FILLED, HEAVENLY FATHER, WITH GRATITUDE FOR ALL OF THIS, WE COME BEFORE YOU HUMBLY AND LOVINGLY TO ASK YOU TO MAKE US WHAT YOU WISH US TO BE 4 -- TO BE. |
| 01:16:49 | MAKE US, LORD, A PEOPLE OF WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, WHO RESORT TO CONFLICT ONLY WHEN ALL HOPE OF PEACE IS LOST. |
| 01:17:02 | MAKE US, LORD, A PEOPLE OF JUSTICE, WHO REVERE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS AND ESPECIALLY THAT PRECIOUS RIGHT TO LIVE, WHICH RESIDES IN THE CHILDREN COMING INTO THIS WORLD AND IN THE AGED AND INFIRM WHO ARE DEPARTING FROM IT. |
| 01:17:25 | MAKE US, LORD, A PEOPLE OF GENUINE COMPASSION WHO FEEL WITHIN OURSELVES THE PAIN AND HURT OF THE HUNGRY, THE HOMELESS, THE ABANDONED AND THE STRANGERS, COME WILLINGLY TO THEIR AID. |
| 01:17:47 | MAKE US, LORD, A PEOPLE WHO AT ALL TIMES AND IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES LIVE LIVES THAT BESPEAK VIRTUE, MODESTY, AND CLEANNESS OF HEART. |
| 01:18:00 | IN A WORD, MERCIFUL GOD, MAKE US HOLY AS YOU ARE HOLY. |
| 01:18:08 | ALL OF THIS WE ASK WITH THE UTMOST OF CONFIDENCE IN YOUR LOVING PROVIDENCE, AS WE PRAY ON THIS OCCASION, A MOST SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO IN THIS NOBLE LAND GUIDE, SERVE, AND LEAD US, OUR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. |
| 01:18:30 | OUR LEGISLATORS AND JUDGES, OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS, OUR CLERGY, OUR EDUCATORS, OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, OUR MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS, THE MYRIAD OF VOLUNTEERS WHO GIVE OF THEMSELVES IN EVERY AREA OF HUMAN NEED, AND IN A MOST PARTICULAR WAY, OUR BRAVE AND DEVOTED MILITARY IN LANDS ACROSS THE SEA WHOSE LOVED ONES YEARN AND PRAY FOR THEIR RETURN AS DO WE. |
| 01:19:09 | LORD OF ALL, WE ARE YOUR CHILDREN, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, A PEOPLE CALLED TO BE A LIGHT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN A TROUBLED WORLD, A CITY SET ON A MOUNTAIN TOP FROM WHICH ALL HUMAN KIND MIGHT DRAW STRENGTH, INSPIRATION, AND HOPE. |
| 01:19:32 | HELP US TO MEASURE UP TO THIS WONDROUS CALLING, THIS UNIQUE ADVOCATES, AS YOU SEND US FORTH FROM THIS PLACE IN PEACE, IN JUSTICE, IN COMPASSION, IN VIRTUE, AND IN HOLINESS, NOW AND FOREVER, AMEN. |
| 01:20:26 | [APPLAUSE] >> FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! >> LADIES |
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