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Now Is The Moment When We Can Stand Up And Say, 'i'm An American. I Make My Destiny. And We Deserve Better! My Children Deserve Better! My Family Deserves Better. My Country Deserves Better!' So Here We Stand. Americans Have A Choice.

-Mitt Romney

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Now Is The Moment

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Now Is The Moment When We Can Stand Up And Say, 'i'm An American. I Make My Destiny. And We Deserve Better! My Children Deserve Better! My Family Deserves Better. My Country Deserves Better!' So Here We Stand. Americans Have A Choice.

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No One Is Talking About Restructuring Social Security Or Medicare For Current Retirees Or For Those That Are Near Retirement. For Those Under 55, The Answer Is Let's Talk About It.

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Dangerous World

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Washington Is Broken. I Know What It Takes To Get This Country Back, And Will Work With Good Democrats And Good Republicans To Do That.

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As We Watch The World Today, Sometimes It Seems That We`re At The Mercy Of Events Instead Of Shaping Events. And A Strong America`s Essential To Shape Events, And A Strong America, By The Way, Depends On A Strong Military.

I Will Fight For Oil, Coal And Natural Gas.

America's Military Is Second To None In The World. We're Blessed With Terrific Soldiers, And Extraordinary Technology And Intelligence. But The Idea Of A Trillion Dollars In Cuts Through Sequestration And Budget Cuts To The Military Would Change That.

I'm A Normal Person. I Have Emotions.

Mr. Chairman, Delegates. I Accept Your Nomination For President Of The United States Of America. I Do So With Humility, Deeply Moved By The Trust You Have Placed In Me. It Is A Great Honor. It Is An Even Greater Responsibility.

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The End Of The Day

When Sperm And Egg Unite, Something Goes From Inanimate To Animate. It Is Life.

Inanimate Objects

As President, My Goal In Afghanistan Will Be To Complete A Successful Transition To Afghan Security Forces By The End Of 2014. I Will Evaluate Conditions On The Ground And Solicit The Best Advice Of Our Military Commanders. And I Will Affirm That My Duty Is Not To My Political Prospects, But To The Security Of The Nation.

My Leadership Will End The Obama Era And Begin A New Era Of American Prosperity.

I Don't Like To Have The Federal Government Start Pushing Its Weight Deeper And Deeper Into Our Schools. Let The States And Localities Do That.

I've Seen A Lot Of Government Try To Solve Problems, And It Didn't Work. And My View Is That The Right Course For America Is To Have Someone Who Understands How The Economy Works Who Will Passionately Get America Back On Track.

But In The Business I Had, We Invested In Over 100 Different Businesses And Net-net, Taking Out The Ones Where We Lost Jobs And Those That We Added, Those Businesses Have Now Added Over 100,000 Jobs.

No One's Ever Asked To See My Birth Certificate, They Know That This Is The Place That We Were Born And Raised.

We Have A Potentially Volatile Situation But We Sort Of Live With It, And We Kick The Ball Down The Field And Hope That Ultimately, Somehow, Something Will Happen And Resolve It.

The Largest Portion Of Our State Budget Is Health And Human Services. It Will Grow By Approximately $500 Million. A Half A Billion Dollars Is A Very Big Number.

I Should Tell My Story. I'm Also Unemployed ... I'm Networking. I Have My Sight On A Particular Job.

I Don't Want To Transform America. I Want To Restore To America The Economic Values Of Freedom And Opportunity And Limited Government That Has Made Us The Powerhouse Of The World.

Even Though I Love Solar And Love Wind, Like Most People Do, I Like The Renewable Sources, They Alone Are Not Going To Get America Energy Independent.

Tomorrow We Begin A New Tomorrow.

I Frankly Can't Wait, Because The Idea Of Bill Clinton Back In The White House With Nothing To Do Is Something I Just Can't Imagine, I Can't Imagine The American People Can Imagine.

The American People I Talk To Don't Spend Every Moment Thinking, 'how Can I Tax My Neighbor More Than They're Being Taxed?' They Say, 'how Can I Get A Good Job? How Can My Kids Get Good Jobs? How Can Seniors Have A Confidence In Their Future When They Know That Social Security, Medicare And Medicaid Are Bankrupt?'

I Don't Want To Be Like Europe. I Want To Be Like America.

The Path I Lay Out Is Not One Paved With Ever Increasing Government Checks And Cradle To Grave Assurance That Government Will Always Be The Solution. If This Election Is A Bidding War For Who Can Promise The Most Goodies And The Most Benefits, I'm Not Your President. You Have That President Today.

President Obama Wants To Put Free Enterprise On Trial.

We Respect And Honor Very Deeply Those People Who Decide To Serve Their Country In The Military. But We Certainly Don't Denigrate People Who Choose A Different Course, Particularly When We Have An All-volunteer Army.

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