Speech highlights:

Ted Cruz– Texas Candidate for U.S. Senate:

“I want to tell you a love story. It’s the story of all of us, a love story of freedom.”

“It’s the story of each and every one of you. We are all sons and daughters of those who risked everything for freedom, and we have the duty to pass that same opportunity to the generations to follow.”

“Unfortunately, President Obama’s campaign is going to try to divide America. They’re going to try to separate us into little groups, and try to scare everybody.”

“It’s sad, how far we’ve come from hope and change.”

“Government is not the answer. You are not doing anyone a favor by creating dependency, destroying individual responsibility.”

“And here I want to say something especially to the Democrats who are listening tonight. You can send a wake-up message to your party-the party that was once proud to be the party of working people. Obama’s policies have failed.”

“Each of you comprises the fabric of our nation. Together, we must revive our many-century love story with liberty and restore that shining City on a Hill that is America.

The Alabama Hon. Artur Davis– Former U.S. Representative:

“Some of you may know, the last time I spoke at a convention, it turned out I was in the wrong place.”

“Maybe we should have known that night in Denver that things that begin with plywood Greek columns and artificial smoke typically don’t end well.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, there are Americans who are listening to this speech tonight who haven’t always been with you, and I want you to let me talk — just to them – for a moment.”

“There are Americans who voted for the president, but who are searching right now, because they know that their votes didn’t build the country they wanted.”

“Bill Clinton took on his base and made welfare a thing you had to work for; this current crowd guts the welfare work requirement in the dead of night.”

“My fellow Americans, when great athletes falter, their coaches sometimes whisper to them ‘remember who you are.’  It’s a call to their greatness at a moment when their bodies and spirit are too sapped to remember their strength.”

 “This is no dark hour; this is the dawn before we remember who we are. May it be said of this time in our history: 2008 to 2011: lesson learned.”

Mrs. Ann Romney:

“It’s the moms of this nation — single, married, widowed — who really hold this country together. We’re the mothers, we’re the wives, we’re the grandmothers, we’re the big sisters, we’re the little sisters, we’re the daughters.”

 ”But as his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it.”

“Mitt doesn’t like to talk about how he has helped others because he sees it as a privilege, not a political talking point.  And we’re no different than the millions of Americans who quietly help their neighbors, their churches and their communities.  They don’t do it so that others will think more of them.”

Tags | Ann Romney, Artur Davis, Ted Cruz