TEXT OF SEN. JOHN F. KERRY'S SPEECH-'We Can Do Better, and We Will'

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-speech30jul30.story
TEXT OF SEN. JOHN F. KERRY'S SPEECH
'We Can Do Better, and We Will'

July 30, 2004



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.

Thank you, all of you, for a welcome home I will never forget. <snip>