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Carson America
Carson America
"Heal Inspire Revive"
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4:37 video from May 3, 2015.
[Music]
Male Announcer: Historians
will
write
about
this
critical turning point for our nation and how we
responded to the dynamic forces changing our world. We can no
longer afford the continuing dysfunction of opposing partisan rancor or
the empty rhetoric of the political class. If America is to
survive the challenges of the modern world, we need to heal, we need to
be inspired and we need to provide the exceptional spirit that built
America.
Never before have we been so closely
connected to each other but more divided as a country. We have
created so many boundaries for ourselves by forcing friends and
neighbors to pick sides, that we have stifled all civilized and
productive debate. Respect for one another has become the
exception, not the rule.
Our government was divised to represent
its citizens and to promote the common welfare in pursuit of life,
liberty and happiness. Instead, we find ourselves drowning
in government deception, dependency and debt.
Our government was designed to reflect
the will of its people. Instead, Washington has become a parlor
game for special interests and the political elite.
America's individuality is both brilliant
and unstoppable. That same driven ingenuity once built this
nation into a world power of commerce and thought leadership, of free
expression and unbridled opportunity.
These are the values that caused America
to become respected and admired across the globe, and it must be the
same values that inspire our American revival.
It is our time to work together, all of
us, each with our own unique talents to bring insight to the challenges
we face. It requires the full capacity of our gifted thinking,
constrained only by the limits of our imagination, and our willingness
to see the job through.
The generations before us built an
exceptional nation and we can once again become the authors of ideas
that have such profound magnitude.
Great transformations begin from a single
event and with directed focus we can propel our nation into the future
of our choosing. We the people, with a government of, by and for
the people.
First we must heal. And healing
requires a leader with calm, unwavering resolve; someone more concerned
about the next generation than the next election; someone who knows the
pursuit of happiness is best fostered with opportunity and justice for
all.
We need a leader who inspires us with
deeds. Someone dedicated to investing in the next generation of
great thinkers, doers and believers in their own destiny, someone who
will protect the freedom to discover and forge their own path; we need
a leader to revive the true promise of America, spreading open the
doors of opportunity for individual advancement, giving each of us a
greater chance to flourish together, engaging people in their
government and embracing the mandate of prior generations to leave this
country better off than the one we inherited.
We have the fortitude to heal, the
imagination to inspire, and the determination to revive our American
Dream, one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for
all.
[photo of Carson]
We can see this through together with a leader who derives his strength from God and his duty from the American people.
Notes: This video introduced Dr. Carson at his May 4 announcement in Detroit. It is comprised of stock footage, ponderous cliches and platitudes, and uplifting gospel inspired music.