Mitt Romney

thank you pennsylvania __PUNCT__ delawar __PUNCT__ rhode_island __PUNCT__ connecticut and new york __PUNCT__ and tonight i can sai thank you __PUNCT__ america __PUNCT__

after __NUM__ primari and caucus __PUNCT__ mani long_dai and more than a few long night __PUNCT__ i can sai with confid __PUNCT__ and gratitud __PUNCT__ that you have given me a great honor and solemn respons __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ togeth __PUNCT__ we will win on __DATE__ __PUNCT__

we launch thi campaign not far from here on a beauti __DATE___dai __PUNCT__

it ha been an extraordinari journei __PUNCT__

american have alwai been etern optimist __PUNCT__

but over the last three and a half_year __PUNCT__ we have seen hope and dream diminish by fals promis and weak leadership __PUNCT__

everywher i go __PUNCT__ american ar tire of be tire __PUNCT__ and mani of those who ar fortun enough to have a job ar work_harder for less __PUNCT__

for everi singl_mom who feel heartbroken when she ha to explain to her kid that she need to take a second job __PUNCT__ for grandpar who can't afford the ga to visit their grandchildren __PUNCT__ for the mom and dad who never thought thei be on food_stamp __PUNCT__ for the small_busi busi_owner desper cut_back just to keep the door_open on more month __PUNCT__ to all of the thousand of good and decent american i met who want noth more than a better chanc __PUNCT__ a fight chanc __PUNCT__ to all of you __PUNCT__ i have a simpl messag __PUNCT__ hold on a littl longer __PUNCT__

a better america begin tonight __PUNCT__

tonight is the start of a new campaign to unit everi american who know in their heart that we can do better __PUNCT__ the last few year have been the best that barack_obama can do __PUNCT__ but it not the best america can do __PUNCT__

tonight is the begin of the end of the disappoint of the obama year and the start of a new and better chapter that we will write togeth __PUNCT__

thi ha alreadi been a long campaign __PUNCT__ but mani american ar just now begin to focu on the choic befor the countri __PUNCT__

in the dai ahead __PUNCT__ i look forward to spend_time with mani of you person __PUNCT__

i want to hear what on your mind __PUNCT__ hear about your concern __PUNCT__ and learn about your famili __PUNCT__

i want to know what you think we can do to make thi countri better __PUNCT__ and what you expect from your next presid __PUNCT__

and i tell you a littl bit about myself __PUNCT__

i probabl start out talk about my wonder wife ann __PUNCT__ i usual do __PUNCT__ and i probabl bore you with stori about our kid and grandkid __PUNCT__

i tell you about how much i love thi countri __PUNCT__ where someon like my dad __PUNCT__ who grew up poor and never graduat from colleg __PUNCT__ could pursu hi dream and work hi wai up to run a great car_compani __PUNCT__

onli in america could a man like my dad becom governor of the state in which he onc sold paint from the trunk of hi car __PUNCT__

i sai that you might have heard that i wa success in busi __PUNCT__

and that rumor is true __PUNCT__

but you might not have heard that i becam success by help start a busi that grew from __NUM___peopl to hundr of peopl __PUNCT__

you might not have heard that our busi help start other busi __PUNCT__ like stapl and sport author and a new steel_mill and a learn center call bright horizon __PUNCT__

and i tell you that not everi busi made it and there were good dai and bad dai __PUNCT__ but everi dai wa a lesson __PUNCT__

and after __NUM___year __PUNCT__ i know how to lead us out of thi stagnant obama economi and into a job __PUNCT__ creat recoveri __PUNCT__

four year_ago barack_obama dazzl us in front of greek column with sweep promis of hope and chang __PUNCT__

but after we came down to earth __PUNCT__ after the celebr and parad __PUNCT__ what do we have to show for three and a half_year of presid_obama __PUNCT__

is it easier to make end meet __PUNCT__ is it easier to sell your home or bui a new on __PUNCT__ have you save what you need for retir __PUNCT__ ar you make more in your job __PUNCT__ do you have a better chanc to get a better job __PUNCT__ do you pai less at the pump __PUNCT__

if the answer were __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ to those question __PUNCT__ then presid obama would be run for re __PUNCT__ elect base on hi achiev __PUNCT__ and rightli so __PUNCT__

but becaus he ha fail __PUNCT__ he will run a campaign of divers __PUNCT__ distract __PUNCT__ and distort __PUNCT__

that kind of campaign mai have work at anoth place and in a differ time __PUNCT__

but not here and not now __PUNCT__

it still about the economi __PUNCT__ and we not stupid __PUNCT__

peopl ar hurt in america __PUNCT__

and we know that someth is wrong __PUNCT__ terribl wrong with the direct of the countri __PUNCT__

we know that thi elect is about the kind of america we will live in and the kind of america we will leav to futur_gener __PUNCT__

when it come to the charact of america __PUNCT__ presid_obama and i have veri differ vision __PUNCT__

govern is at the center of hi vision __PUNCT__

it dispens the benefit __PUNCT__ borrow what it cannot take __PUNCT__ and consum a greater and greater share of the economi __PUNCT__

with obamacar fulli instal __PUNCT__ govern will come to control half the economi __PUNCT__ and we will have effect ceas to be a free_enterpris societi __PUNCT__

thi presid is put us on a path where our live will be rule by bureaucrat and board __PUNCT__ commiss and czar __PUNCT__

he ask us to accept that washington know best __PUNCT__ and can provid all __PUNCT__

we alreadi seen where thi path lead __PUNCT__

it erod freedom __PUNCT__

it deaden the entrepreneuri spirit __PUNCT__

and it hurt the veri peopl it suppos to help __PUNCT__

those who promis to spread the wealth around onli ever succe in spread poverti __PUNCT__

other nation have chosen that path __PUNCT__

it lead to chronic high_unemploy __PUNCT__ crush debt __PUNCT__ and stagnant wage __PUNCT__

i have a veri differ vision for america __PUNCT__ and of our futur __PUNCT__

it is an america driven by freedom __PUNCT__ where free_peopl __PUNCT__ pursu_happi in their own uniqu wai __PUNCT__ creat free_enterpris that emploi more and more american __PUNCT__

becaus there ar so mani enterpris that ar succeed __PUNCT__ the competit for hard __PUNCT__ work __PUNCT__ educ and skill employe is intens __PUNCT__ and so wage and salari rise __PUNCT__

i see an america with a grow middl_class __PUNCT__ with rise_standard of live __PUNCT__

i see children even more success than their parent __PUNCT__ some success even beyond their wildest_dream __PUNCT__ and other congratul them for their achiev __PUNCT__ not attack them for it __PUNCT__

thi america is fundament fair __PUNCT__

we will stop the unfair of urban children be deni_access to the good school of their choic __PUNCT__ we will stop the unfair of politician give taxpay_monei to their friend __PUNCT__ busi __PUNCT__ we will stop the unfair of requir union_worker to contribut to politician not of their choos __PUNCT__ we will stop the unfair of govern_worker get better pai and benefit than the taxpay thei serv __PUNCT__ and we will stop the unfair of on gener pass larger and larger debt on to the next __PUNCT__

in the america i see __PUNCT__ charact and choic matter __PUNCT__

and educ __PUNCT__ hard_work __PUNCT__ and live within our mean ar valu and reward __PUNCT__

and poverti will be defeat __PUNCT__ not with a govern check __PUNCT__ but with respect and achiev that is taught by parent __PUNCT__ learn in school __PUNCT__ and practic in the workplac __PUNCT__

thi is the america that wa won for us by the nation_founder __PUNCT__ and earn for us by the greatest_gener __PUNCT__

it is the america that ha produc the most innov __PUNCT__ most product __PUNCT__ and the most power economi in the world __PUNCT__

as i look around at the million of american without work __PUNCT__ the graduat who can't get a job __PUNCT__ the soldier who return_home to an unemploy line __PUNCT__ it break my heart __PUNCT__

thi doe not have to be __PUNCT__

it is the result of fail leadership and of a faulti vision __PUNCT__

we will restor the promis of america onli if we restor the principl of freedom and opportun that made america the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ the hill befor us is a littl steep but we have alwai been a nation of big stepper __PUNCT__

mani american have given up on thi presid but thei haven't ever thought about give up __PUNCT__

not on themselv __PUNCT__

not on each other __PUNCT__

and not on america __PUNCT__

in the dai ahead __PUNCT__ join me in the next step toward that destin of __DATE__ __PUNCT__ when across america we can give a sigh of relief and know that the promis of america ha been kept __PUNCT__

the dreamer can dream a littl bigger __PUNCT__ the help want sign can be dust off __PUNCT__ and we can start again __PUNCT__

and thi time we get it right __PUNCT__

we stop the dai of apolog for success at home and never again apolog for america abroad __PUNCT__

there wa a time __PUNCT__ not so long_ago __PUNCT__ when each of us could walk a littl taller and stand a littl straighter becaus we had a gift that no on els in the world share __PUNCT__

we were american __PUNCT__

that meant someth differ to each of us but it meant someth special to all of us __PUNCT__

we knew it without question __PUNCT__

and so did the world __PUNCT__

those dai ar come back __PUNCT__

that our destini __PUNCT__

we believ in america __PUNCT__

we believ in ourselv __PUNCT__

our greatest dai ar still ahead __PUNCT__

we ar __PUNCT__ after all __PUNCT__ american __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__ and god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__