| 00:00:05 | THAT WAS RONALD REAGAN ACCEPTING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION IN 1994. |
| 00:00:15 | HIS RUNNING MATE EXCEPT HIS OWN NOMINATION FOUR YEARS LATER. |
| 00:00:21 | THIS IS ABOUT 10 MINUTES. |
| 00:00:37 | [APPLAUSE] >> I MEAN TO RUN HARD, FIGHT HARD, STAND ON THE ISSUES, AND I MEAN TO WIN. |
| 00:00:48 | THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT STORIES IN POLITICS ABOUT UNDERDOG WINNING, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THEM. |
| 00:01:01 | WE ARE GOING TO WIN WITH THE HELP OF SENATOR DAN QUAYLE OF INDIANA, I DON'T LEADER WHO HAS BECOME OF FORCEFUL VOICE IN PREPARING AMERICAN WORKERS FOR THE LABOR FORCE OF THE FUTURE. |
| 00:01:18 | WHAT A GREAT JOB HE DID HERE TONIGHT. |
| 00:01:23 | [APPLAUSE] BORN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTURY, IN THE MIDDLE OF AMERICA, AND HOLDING THE PROMISES OF THE FUTURE. |
| 00:01:33 | I AM PROUD TO HAVE DAN QUAYLE AT MY SIDE. |
| 00:01:40 | [APPLAUSE] MANY OF YOU HAVE ASKED WHEN WILL THIS CAMPAIGN REALLY BEGIN? |
| 00:01:46 | I HAVE COME TO THIS CALL TO TELL YOU, AND TO TELL AMERICA, TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT. |
| 00:02:07 | [APPLAUSE] 4 7. |
| 00:02:08 | 5 YEARS I HAVE HELPED THE PRESIDENT CONDUCT THE MOST DIFFICULT JOB ON EARTH. |
| 00:02:10 | RONALD REAGAN ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED BY KANTOMY CANDOR. |
| 00:02:21 | NEVER ASKED FOR, BUT HE DID RECEIVE MY LOYALTY. |
| 00:02:23 | THOSE OF YOU WHO SAW THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH LAST WEEK AND LISTEN TO THE SIMPLE TRUTH OF HIS WORDS WILL UNDERSTAND MY LOYALTY ALL THESE YEARS. |
| 00:02:38 | [APPLAUSE] THAT YOU MUST SEE ME FOR WHAT I AM. |
| 00:02:47 | THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 00:02:56 | [APPLAUSE] NOW I TURN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SHARE MY HOPES AND INTENTIONS, AND WHY AND WHERE I WISH TO LEAD. |
| 00:03:05 | SO TONIGHT IS FOR BIG THINGS, BUT I WILL TRY TO BE FAIR TO THE OTHER SIDE. |
| 00:03:12 | I WILL TRY TO HOLD MY CHARISMA IN CHECK. |
| 00:03:33 | [APPLAUSE] I REJECT TEMPTATION TO ENGAGE IN PERSONAL REFERENCES, MY APPROACH THIS EVENING IS WHAT JOE FRIDAY USED TO SAY, JUST THE FACTS, MA'AM. |
| 00:03:53 | AFTER ALL, THE FACTS ARE ON OUR SIDE. |
| 00:04:04 | AN[APPLAUSE] I THINK THE PRESIDENCY FOR THE SINGLE PURPOSE, A PURPOSE SETHAT HAS MOTIVATED MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ACROSS THE YEARS AND OCEANS. |
| 00:04:15 | I SEEK THE PRESIDENCY TO BUILD A BETTER AMERICA. |
| 00:04:19 | IT IS THAT SIMPLE AND THAT BIG. |
| 00:04:22 | I AM A MAN WHO SEES LIFE IN TERMS OF MISSIONS DEFINED AND MISSIONS COMPLETED. |
| 00:04:30 | WHEN I WAS A TORPEDO BOMBER PILOT, THEY ASSIGNED THE MISSIONS. |
| 00:04:45 | BEFORE WE TOOK OFF, WE ALL UNDERSTOOD THE MATTER WHAT THE TARGET. |
| 00:04:47 | THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER MISSIONS FOR ME. |
| 00:04:48 | CONGRESS, CHINA, CIA. |
| 00:04:49 | I AM HERE TONIGHT AND I AM YOUR CANDID IT, BECAUSE THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF MY LIFE IS TO COMPLETE THE MISSION THAT WE STARTED IN 1980. |
| 00:05:14 | [APPLAUSE] NOW, -- AND HOW DO WE COMPLETE IT? |
| 00:05:18 | WE BUILD ON IT. |
| 00:05:19 | THE STAKES ARE HIGH THIS YEAR, AND THE CHOICE IS CRUCIAL FOR THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CANDIDATES ARE AS DEEP AND WIDE AS THEY HAVE EVER BEEN IN OUR LONG HISTORY. |
| 00:05:31 | NOT ONLY TO VERY DIFFERENT MEN, BUT TO A VERY DIFFERENT IDEAS OF THE FUTURE WILL BE VOTED ON THIS ELECTION DAY. |
| 00:05:43 | WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO IS THIS, MY OPPONENTS VIEW OF THE WORLD SEIZED ALONG, SLOW DECLINE FOR OUR COUNTRY. |
| 00:05:51 | AN INEVITABLE FALL MANDATED BY HISTORICAL FORCES. |
| 00:06:01 | AMERICA IS NOT IN DECLINE. |
| 00:06:02 | AMERICA IS ARE RISING NATION. |
| 00:06:28 | [APPLAUSE] EASY. |
| 00:06:33 | -- HE SEES AMERICA AS ANOTHER PLEASANT COUNTRY ON THE U. |
| 00:06:44 | N. UP FROM CALLS -- ROLL-CALL SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ALBANIA AND ZIMBABWE AND I SEE AMERICA AS THE LEADER, A UNIQUE NATION WITH A SPECIAL ROLE IN THE WORLD. |
| 00:06:54 | THIS HAS BEEN CALLED THE AMERICAN CENTURY, IT BECAUSE IN IT WE WERE THE DOMINANT FORCE FOR GOOD IN THE WORLD. |
| 00:07:01 | WE SAVE EUROPE, CURE POLIO, WENT TO THE MOON, AND WITH THE WORLD WITH OUR CULTURE. |
| 00:07:10 | NOW WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF A NEW CENTURY, AND WHAT COUNTRIES NAME WILL IT THERE? |
| 00:07:17 | I SAY IT WILL BE ANOTHER AMERICAN CENTURY. |
| 00:07:33 | [APPLAUSE] I WERE WORK IS NOT DONE. |
| 00:07:35 | I WORK FORCE IS NOT SPENT. |
| 00:07:39 | THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY THERE IS NOT MUCH OF THE DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR, BUT AMERICA, DO NOT LET THEM FOR YOU. |
| 00:07:47 | TWO PARTIES THIS YEAR ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. |
| 00:07:50 | BOTH WILL SPEAK UP GROWTH, BUT ONLY ONE HAS PROVED IT CAN DELIVER. |
| 00:07:56 | TWO PARTIES THIS YEAR. |
| 00:08:01 | -- TWO PARTIES AS FOR YOUR TRUST, BUT ONLY ONE HAS EARNED IT. |
| 00:08:18 | [APPLAUSE] EIGHT YEARS AGO I PROMISED TOGETHER TO BREAK WITH THE PASS AND RETURNED AMERICA TO HER GREATNESS. |
| 00:08:29 | LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE PRODUCED, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN OUR HISTORY AND THE LOWEST LEVEL OF WORLD TENSIONS AND MORE THAN 50 YEARS. |
| 00:08:50 | [APPLAUSE] SOME SAY THIS IS NOT AN ELECTION ABOUT ETIOLOGY -- IDEOLOGY, BUT ALLOW ELECTION ABOUT COMPETENCE. |
| 00:09:01 | IT IS NICE OF THEM TO WANT TO PLAY ON OUR FIELD. |
| 00:09:13 | [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] BUT THIS ELECTION IS NOT ONLY ABOUT COMPETENCE. |
| 00:09:17 | COMPETENCE IS A NARROW IDEAL. |
| 00:09:20 | COMPETENCE MAKES THE TRAINS RUN ON TIME, BUT DOES NOT KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING. |
| 00:09:37 | [APPLAUSE] COMPETENCE IS THE CREED OF THE TECHNOCRAT WHO MAKE SURE THE GEARS MESH, BUT THAT'S NOT FOR A SECOND UNDERSTAND THE MAGIC OF THE MACHINE. |
| 00:09:44 | THE TRUTH IS, THE TRUTH IS THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT THE BELIEF WE SHARE, THE VALUES THAT WE HONOR, AND THE PRINCIPLE THAT WE WHOLE DEALHOLD DEAR. |
| 00:10:06 | [APPLAUSE] BUT SINCE SOMEONE BROUGHT UP, THE TENT COMPETANCE, CONSIDER THE SIZE OF OUR RECORD. |
| 00:10:22 | A RECORD HEIGHT OF NEW BUSINESSES, HIGH RATE OF NEW BUSINESSES. |
| 00:10:39 | A RECORD HIGH RATE OF REAL, PERSONAL INCOME. |
| 00:10:43 | THESE ARE THE FACTS. |
| 00:10:44 | ONE WAY -- [APPLAUSE] AND ONE WAY YOU KNOW OUR OPPONENTS KNOW THE FACTS IS TO ATTACK OUR RECORD THEY HAVE TO MISREPRESENT IT. |
| 00:10:52 | THEY CALL IT A SWISS CHEESE ECONOMY. |
| 00:10:55 | THAT IS THE WAY IT MAY LOOK TO THE THREE BLIND MICE -- [APPLAUSE] |
| 00:11:28 | BUT WHEN DAY WERE IN CHARGE, IT WAS ALL |
George H. W. Bush RNC Presidential Candidate Speech
Clipped from:Bush Acceptance SpeechAug 18, 1988
George H. W. Bush RNC Presidential Candidate Speech