Ben Carson "I'm running for President"

I am running for President of the United States, and I ask for your support.

If this great nation is to survive the challenges of the modern world, we need to heal, we need to be inspired, and we need to revive the exceptional spirit that built America.

Working with you and all of our fellow citizens, I want to lead that revival.

I am not a politician, nor am I politically correct.

But I believe my values, my life experience, and my willingness to speak the truth and seek solutions prepares me well to lead our nation toward more prosperity, security, and freedom for every American.

Over the course of this campaign, both my team and I will ask for your support.

But no day will be more special, or more historic than today – Day One.

So I ask for your commitment, right now, to this campaign. On Day One, I ask you to be among the first to make a contribution to Carson America, and I will be forever grateful.

Never before have we been so closely connected to each other, but more divided as a country.

Our political class has failed us, and as a nation we must work to reestablish what Abraham Lincoln once called a government of, by and for the people.

While I know it will not be easy, I truly look forward to the journey ahead, and I hope you will join me.

Thank you, and God Bless America.

Sincerely,

Ben Carson