They found their dream in America and they passed that dream on to their children. Here, tonight, over seven decades after they landed on these shores, their son has been given the privilege of addressing the Republican Party, assembled in convention to present to the American people our vision of how that dream can be passed on to future generations. Our vision, first and foremost, rests on values. Values because values are the conscience of a society. Values which must be lived, not just preached.
Children learn values by watching their parents in their homes.
Values which are then reinforced in their churches and in their places of worship, in the schools and in the communities in which they live. And values, values fuel families. Families that are bound together by love and commitment. Families that come together as communities to defeat the scourge of drugs and crime and incivility that threatens us. Yet, families cannot thrive and pass on these beliefs if parents cannot bring home a decent, living wage from a hard day's work.