Remarks Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Republican National Convention in Houston on August 20, 1992.
"The President. Thank you all very much. Thank you, thank you very much. And I am proud to receive and I am honored to accept your nomination for President of the United States.
May I thank my dear friend and our great leader, Bob Dole, for that wonderful introduction.
Let me say this: This nomination's not for me alone. It is for the ideas, principles, and values that we stand for.
My job has been made easier by a leader who's taken a lot of unfair criticism with grace and humor, the Vice President of the United States, Dan Quayle. And I am very grateful to him.
I want to talk tonight about the sharp choice that I intend to offer Americans this fall, a choice between different agendas, different directions, and yes, a choice about the character of the man you want to lead this Nation. I know that Americans have many questions about our economy, about our country's future, even questions about me. I'll answer them tonight.
Four years ago, I spoke about missions for my life and for our country. I spoke of one urgent mission, defending our security and promoting the American ideal abroad.
Well, tonight I say to you: Join me in our new crusade, to reap the rewards of our global victory, to win the peace, so that we may make America safer and stronger for all our people.
May God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America. Thank you very much."
