BBC (early Friday): Text of Senator Kerry's acceptance speech

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From the BBC Online
Dated Friday July 30

Full text: John Kerry speech

The full text of Senator John Kerry's speech to the Democratic National Convention, accepting the party's nomination to challenge George Bush for the US presidency:

We are here tonight because we love our country.

We are proud of what America is and what it can become.

My fellow Americans: we are here tonight united in one simple purpose: to make America stronger at home and respected in the world.

A great American novelist wrote that you can't go home again. He could not have imagined this evening. Tonight, I am home. Home where my public life began and those who made it possible live. Home where our nation's history was written in blood, idealism, and hope. Home where my parents showed me the values of family, faith, and country.

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