“So tonight, in the city where America’s freedom began, only a few blocks from where the sons and daughters of liberty gave bith to our nation–here tonight, on behalf of a new birth of freedom–on behalf of the middle class who deserve a champion and those struggling to join it who deserve a fair shot–for the brave men and women in uniform who risk their lives and the families who pray for their return–for all those who believe our best days are ahead of us–with great faith in the American people, I accept your nomination for President of the United States.”
“We are here to affirm that when Americans stand up and speak their minds and say America can do better, that is not a challenge to patriotism; it is the heart and soul of patriotism.”
“I will be a commander-in-chief who will never mislead us into war. I will have a vice president who will not conduct secret meetings with polluters to rewrite our environmental laws. I will have a secretary of Defense who will listen to the best advice of our military leaders. And I will appoint an attorney general who will uphold the Constitution of the United States.”
“There is nothing more pessimistic than saying America can’t do better.”
Teresa Heinz Kerry “speaks her mind and she speak the truth, and I love her for that too.”
“Saying there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq doesn’t make it so. Saying we can fight a war on the cheap doesn’t make it so. And proclaiming mission accomplished certainly doesn’t make it so.”
“We shouldn’t be opening firehouses in Baghdad and closing them down in the United States of America.”
“For four years, we’ve heard a lot of talk about values. But values spoken without actions taken are just slogans. Values are not just words. They’re words we live by. They’re about the causes we champion and the people we fight for. And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.”
“When I’m president, we will stop being the only advanced nation in the world which fails to understand that health care is not a privilege for the wealthy, the connected and the elected–it is a right for all Americans.”
“I want an America that relies on its own ingenuity and innovation–not the Saudi royal family.”
