MITT ROMNEY
DELIVERS REMARKS
IN MANCHESTER,
NH
Boston, MA –
Mitt Romney
tonight
delivered
remarks in
Manchester, New
Hampshire. The
following
remarks were
prepared for
delivery:
Thank you
Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Rhode
Island,
Connecticut and
New York! And
tonight I can
say thank you,
America. After
43 primaries and
caucuses, many
long days and
more than a few
long nights, I
can say with
confidence – and
gratitude – that
you have given
me a great honor
and solemn
responsibility.
And, together,
we will win on
November 6th!
We launched this
campaign not far
from here on a
beautiful June
day. It has been
an extraordinary
journey.
Americans have
always been
eternal
optimists. But
over the last
three and a half
years, we have
seen hopes and
dreams
diminished by
false promises
and weak
leadership.
Everywhere I go,
Americans are
tired of being
tired, and many
of those who are
fortunate enough
to have a job
are working
harder for less.
For every single
mom who feels
heartbroken when
she has to
explain to her
kids that she
needs to take a
second job … for
grandparents who
can’t afford the
gas to visit
their
grandchildren …
for the mom and
dad who never
thought they’d
be on food
stamps … for the
small business
owner
desperately
cutting back
just to keep the
doors open one
more month – to
all of the
thousands of
good and decent
Americans I’ve
met who want
nothing more
than a better
chance, a
fighting chance,
to all of you, I
have a simple
message: Hold on
a little longer.
A better America
begins tonight.
Tonight is the
start of a new
campaign to
unite every
American who
knows in their
heart that we
can do better!
The last few
years have been
the best that
Barack Obama can
do, but it’s not
the best America
can do!
Tonight is the
beginning of the
end of the
disappointments
of the Obama
years and the
start of a new
and better
chapter that we
will write
together.
This has already
been a long
campaign, but
many Americans
are just now
beginning to
focus on the
choice before
the country. In
the days ahead,
I look forward
to spending time
with many of you
personally. I
want to hear
what’s on your
mind, hear about
your concerns,
and learn about
your families. I
want to know
what you think
we can do to
make this
country
better…and what
you expect from
your next
President.
And I’ll tell
you a little bit
about myself.
I’ll probably
start out
talking about my
wonderful wife
Ann – I usually
do – and I’ll
probably bore
you with stories
about our kids
and grandkids.
I’ll tell you
about how much I
love this
country, where
someone like my
dad, who grew up
poor and never
graduated from
college, could
pursue his
dreams and work
his way up to
running a great
car company.
Only in America
could a man like
my dad become
governor of the
state in which
he once sold
paint from the
trunk of his
car.
I’d say that you
might have heard
that I was
successful in
business. And
that rumor is
true. But you
might not have
heard that I
became
successful by
helping start a
business that
grew from 10
people to
hundreds of
people. You
might not have
heard that our
business helped
start other
businesses, like
Staples and
Sports Authority
and a new steel
mill and a
learning center
called Bright
Horizons. And
I’d tell you
that not every
business made it
and there were
good days and
bad days, but
every day was a
lesson. And
after 25 years,
I know how to
lead us out of
this stagnant
Obama economy
and into a
job-creating
recovery!
Four years ago
Barack Obama
dazzled us in
front of Greek
columns with
sweeping
promises of hope
and change. But
after we came
down to earth,
after the
celebration and
parades, what do
we have to show
for three and a
half years of
President Obama?
Is it easier to
make ends meet?
Is it easier to
sell your home
or buy a new
one? Have you
saved what you
needed for
retirement? Are
you making more
in your job? Do
you have a
better chance to
get a better
job? Do you pay
less at the
pump?
If the answer
were “yes” to
those questions,
then President
Obama would be
running for
re-election
based on his
achievements…and
rightly so. But
because he has
failed, he will
run a campaign
of diversions,
distractions,
and distortions.
That kind of
campaign may
have worked at
another place
and in a
different time.
But not here and
not now. It’s
still about the
economy …and
we’re not
stupid.
People are
hurting in
America. And we
know that
something is
wrong, terribly
wrong with the
direction of the
country.
We know that
this election is
about the kind
of America we
will live in and
the kind of
America we will
leave to future
generations.
When it comes to
the character of
America,
President Obama
and I have very
different
visions.
Government is at
the center of
his vision. It
dispenses the
benefits,
borrows what it
cannot take, and
consumes a
greater and
greater share of
the economy.
With Obamacare
fully installed,
government will
come to control
half the
economy, and we
will have
effectively
ceased to be a
free enterprise
society.
This President
is putting us on
a path where our
lives will be
ruled by
bureaucrats and
boards,
commissions and
czars. He’s
asking us to
accept that
Washington knows
best – and can
provide all.
We’ve already
seen where this
path leads. It
erodes freedom.
It deadens the
entrepreneurial
spirit. And it
hurts the very
people it’s
supposed to
help. Those who
promise to
spread the
wealth around
only ever
succeed in
spreading
poverty. Other
nations have
chosen that
path. It leads
to chronic high
unemployment,
crushing debt,
and stagnant
wages.
I have a very
different vision
for America, and
of our future.
It is an America
driven by
freedom, where
free people,
pursuing
happiness in
their own unique
ways, create
free enterprises
that employ more
and more
Americans.
Because there
are so many
enterprises that
are succeeding,
the competition
for
hard-working,
educated and
skilled
employees is
intense, and so
wages and
salaries rise.
I see an America
with a growing
middle class,
with rising
standards of
living. I see
children even
more successful
than their
parents - some
successful even
beyond their
wildest dreams –
and others
congratulating
them for their
achievement, not
attacking them
for it.
This America is
fundamentally
fair. We will
stop the
unfairness of
urban children
being denied
access to the
good schools of
their choice; we
will stop the
unfairness of
politicians
giving taxpayer
money to their
friends’
businesses; we
will stop the
unfairness of
requiring union
workers to
contribute to
politicians not
of their
choosing; we
will stop the
unfairness of
government
workers getting
better pay and
benefits than
the taxpayers
they serve; and
we will stop the
unfairness of
one generation
passing larger
and larger debts
on to the next.
In the America I
see, character
and choices
matter. And
education, hard
work, and living
within our means
are valued and
rewarded. And
poverty will be
defeated, not
with a
government
check, but with
respect and
achievement that
is taught by
parents, learned
in school, and
practiced in the
workplace.
This is the
America that was
won for us by
the nation’s
Founders, and
earned for us by
the Greatest
Generation. It
is the America
that has
produced the
most innovative,
most productive,
and the most
powerful economy
in the world.
As I look around
at the millions
of Americans
without work,
the graduates
who can't get a
job, the
soldiers who
return home to
an unemployment
line, it breaks
my heart. This
does not have to
be. It is the
result of failed
leadership and
of a faulty
vision. We will
restore the
promise of
America only if
we restore the
principles of
freedom and
opportunity that
made America the
greatest nation
on earth.
Today, the hill
before us is a
little steep but
we have always
been a nation of
big steppers.
Many Americans
have given up on
this President
but they haven’t
ever thought
about giving up.
Not on
themselves. Not
on each other.
And not on
America.
In the days
ahead, join me
in the next step
toward that
destination of
November 6th,
when across
America we can
give a sigh of
relief and know
that the Promise
of America has
been kept. The
dreamers can
dream a little
bigger, the help
wanted signs can
be dusted off,
and we can start
again.
And this time
we’ll get it
right. We’ll
stop the days of
apologizing for
success at home
and never again
apologize for
America abroad.
There was a time
– not so long
ago – when each
of us could walk
a little taller
and stand a
little
straighter
because we had a
gift that no one
else in the
world shared. We
were Americans.
That meant
something
different to
each of us but
it meant
something
special to all
of us. We knew
it without
question. And so
did the world.
Those days are
coming back.
That’s our
destiny.
We believe in
America. We
believe in
ourselves. Our
greatest days
are still ahead.
We are, after
all, Americans!
God bless you,
and God bless
the United
States of
America.
Thank You,
America
Thank you
Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Rhode
Island,
Connecticut and
New York! And
tonight I can
say thank you,
America.
Together, we
will win on
November 6th!
Americans have
always been
eternal
optimists. But
over the last
three and a half
years, we have
seen hopes and
dreams
diminished by
false promises
and weak
leadership.
Everywhere I go,
Americans are
tired of being
tired, and many
of those who are
fortunate enough
to have a job
are working
harder for less.
To all of the
thousands of
good and decent
Americans I've
met who want
nothing more
than a better
chance, a
fighting chance,
to all of you, I
have a simple
message: Hold on
a little longer.
A better America
begins tonight.
Tonight is the
start of a new
campaign to
unite every
American who
knows in his or
her heart that
we can do
better! The last
few years have
been the best
that Barack
Obama can do,
but it's not the
best we can do!
There was a time
-- not so long
ago -- when each
of us could walk
a little taller
and stand a
little
straighter
because we had a
gift that no one
else in the
world shared. We
were Americans.
That meant
something
different to
each of us but
it meant
something
special to all
of us. We knew
it without
question. And so
did the world.
Those days are
coming back.
That's our
destiny.
We believe in
America. We
believe in
ourselves. Our
greatest days
are still ahead.
We are, after
all, Americans!
Join me in the
next step of our
great nation --
donate tonight:
Thanks.
Mitt Romney
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