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Republican National Convention Famous Speech by Condoleezza Rice
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Republican National Convention Famous Speech by Condoleezza Rice
Republican National Convention - Tuesday August 1, 2000
Ladies and gentlemen,
fellow delegates from the Golden State of California and fellow delegates
from across this great country.
Tonight, we gather to reflect on America's unique opportunity to lead the
forward march of freedom and to fortify the peace.
We offer special thanks to all those Private Ryans who served over the
decades - so that tyranny would not stand.
We remember those great Republican Presidents who sustained American
leadership through the decades, ended the Cold War and lifted our nuclear
nightmare. Thank you - Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and George Herbert
Walker Bush.
And we acknowledge together this remarkable truth: the future belongs to
liberty - fueled by markets and trade, protected by the rule of law and
propelled by the fundamental rights of the individual. Information and
knowledge can no longer be bottled up by the state. Prosperity flows to
those who can tap the genius of their people.
We have a presidential nominee who knows what America must do to fulfill
the promise of this new century. We have a nominee who knows the power of
truth and honor. We have a nominee who will be the next great President of
the United States -Texas Governor George W. Bush.
It is fitting that I stand before you to talk about Governor Bush's
commitment to America's principled leadership in the world, because that
is the legacy and tradition of our Party - because our Party's principles
made me a Republican.
The first Republican I knew was my father and he is still the Republican I
most admire. He joined our party because the Democrats in Jim Crow Alabama
of 1952 would not register him to vote. The Republicans did. My father has
never forgotten that day, and neither have I.
I joined for different reasons. I found a party that sees me as an
individual, not as part of a group. I found a party that puts family
first. I found a party that has love of liberty at its core. And I found a
party that believes that peace begins with strength.
George W. Bush and Dick Cheney live and breathe these Republican
principles. They understand what is required for our time, and what is
timeless. It all begins with integrity in the Oval Office. George W. Bush
is a man of his word. Friend and foe will know that he tells the truth.
He believes that America has a special responsibility to keep the peace -
that the fair cause of freedom depends on our strength and purpose. He
recognizes that the magnificent men and women of America's armed forces
are not a global police force. They are not the world's 911.
They are the strongest shield and surest sword in the maintenance of
peace. If the time ever comes to use military force, President George W.
Bush will do so to win - because for him, victory is not a dirty word.
George W. Bush will never allow America and our allies to be blackmailed.
And make no mistake; blackmail is what the outlaw states seeking
long-range ballistic missiles have in mind. It is time to move beyond the
Cold War. It is time to have a President devoted to a new nuclear strategy
and to the deployment of effective missile defenses at the earliest
possible date. George W. Bush knows that America has allies and friends
who share our values. As he has said, the President should call our allies
when they are not needed, so that he can call upon them when they are
needed.
He understands the power of trade to create jobs at home and extend
liberty abroad.
The George W. Bush I know is a man of uncommonly good judgment. He is
focused and consistent. He believes that we Americans are at our best when
we exercise power without fanfare or arrogance. He speaks plainly and with
a positive spirit. In the past year, I have had a glimpse of what kind of
President he will be.
I traveled with him to Mexico and saw the respect he has gained from its
leaders and the affection he has won from its people. When he enters
office, he will know more about our neighbor Mexico than any President in
our history. He speaks to the Mexican people not just in the language of
diplomacy but in their native tongue.
I have watched him explain America's interests to the Russian foreign
minister, while assuring him that a peaceful Russia has nothing to fear
from America.
He told the South African president of his hope for peace and prosperity
in Africa.
I know that he understands the complexities of our relationship with
China. He believes that conflict between our nations is not inevitable.
Yet he recognizes the challenge that the Chinese government poses to our
interests and values and the irresistible demand for liberty that can be
unleashed by freer trade with its people.
And he has joined the bipartisan tradition of support for Israel's quest
for enduring peace with its neighbors.
George W. Bush will work with Congress so that America speaks with one
voice. He has demonstrated in this campaign that he will never use foreign
policy for narrow partisan purposes.
The United States cannot lead unless the President inspires the American
people to accept their international responsibilities. George W. Bush will
inspire us, because he understands who we are.
He knows that we are an innovative people who find kinship with those in
other nations who are entrepreneurial in spirit.
He realizes that we are a nation that has been forged not from common
blood but from common purpose - that the faces of America are the faces of
the world. It has not been easy for our country to make "We, the people"
mean all the people. Democracy in America is a work in progress - not a
finished masterpiece.
But even with its flaws, this unique American experience provides a
shining beacon to peoples who still suffer in places where ethnic
difference is a license to kill.
And George W. Bush understands that America is special among nations. That
throughout our history, people everywhere have been inspired to flee
tyranny and the constraints of class to gain liberty and pursue happiness
in this great land.
In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where
you came from - it matters where you are going. But that truth cannot be
sustained if it is not renewed in each generation - as it was with my
grandfather.
George W. Bush would have liked Granddaddy Rice. He was a poor farmer's
son in rural Alabama - but he recognized the importance of education.
Around 1918, he decided it was time to get book learning, so he asked, in
the language of the day, where a colored man could go to college. He was
told about little Stillman College, a school about 50 miles away. So
Granddaddy saved his cotton for tuition and went off to Tuscaloosa.
After the first year, he ran out of cotton and needed a way to pay for
college. Praise be - God gave him one. Grandfather asked how the other
boys were staying in school. "They have what's called a scholarship," he
was told, "and if you wanted to be a Presbyterian minister, then you could
have one, too." Granddaddy Rice said, "That's just what I had in mind."
And my family has been Presbyterian and college-educated ever since. This
is not just my grandfather's story - it is an American story.
My friends, George W. Bush challenges us to call upon our better selves -
to be compassionate toward those who are less fortunate; to cherish and
educate every child, descendants of slaves and immigrants alike, and to
thereby affirm the American dream for us all.
On that foundation, confident of who we are, we will extend peace,
prosperity and liberty beyond our shores.
Elect George W. Bush and Dick Cheney!
God bless you and God bless America.
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