John Ashbrook Campaign Announcement Speech on December 29, 1971.
"I am hereby formally declaring my candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination.
I am in this race to win, because I believe that only the tested principles of Republicanism can lead our party to victory this fall, and guide our country safely through the perils of the next four years.
In making this race, I need no finer example to inspire me than the man* whom the Republican voters of New Hampshire favored, on the basis of his record and his platform, in the primary of 1968, and whom the American people as a whole elected to the Presidency that November.
In all humility, but conscious too of the importance of the issues at stake, and proud to carry in this contest the banner of responsible conservatism, I respectfully ask for the support and the votes of the registered Republicans of New Hampshire."
