the small town where fritz mondale was raised and soon fritz and joan will visit our family in queens0 people live there. in queens, there are 2,000 people on one block. you would think we'd be different sh b different, but we're not. children walk to school in elmore, in queens, they pass a by subway stop, but no matter where they live, their future depends on education and their parents are willing to do their part to make those schools as good as they can be. there are family farms, in qu n queens, small businesses, but the men and women who run them all take pride in supporting their families through hard work and initiative. on the fourth of july in elmore, they hang flags out on elm street. in queens, they fly them over grand avenue. but all of us love our country and stand ready to defend the freedom that it represents. >> americans want to live by the same set of rules, but under this administrati, the rules are rigged against too many of our people. it isn't right that every year, the share of taxes paid by individual citizens is going up. while the share paid by large corpor

the small town where fritz mondale was raised. soon fritz and joan will visit our family in queens. [applause and cheers] 900 people live in elmore. in queens, there are 2,000 people on one block. [applause] you would think we would be different, but we're not. children walk to school in elmore past grain elevators. in queens, they pass by subway stops. but no matter where they live, their future depends on education, and their parents are willing to do their part to make those schools as good as they can be. [applause and cheers] in elmore, there are family farms, in queens, small businesses. but the men and women who run them all take pride in supporting their families through hard work and initiative. on the fourth of july in elmore, they hang flags out on main street. in queens, they fly them over grand avenue. but all of us love our country, and stand ready to defend the freedom that it represents. [applause and cheers] americans want to live by the same set of rules. but under this administration, the rules are rigged against

fritz mondale and i will put on a campaign, we we'll put on a campaign that response the intelligence of the american people. a campaign that is sound. and we are going to beat the republicans. well win because we are the party of a great president who knew how to get reelected, franklin eleanor roosevelt. and we are the party of a courageous fighter who knew how to give them hell, harry truman. and as truman said, just told the truth and they thought it was hell. and we are the party of a gallant man, john fitzgerald kennedy. and we are the party of a great leader of compassion, lyndon johnson. and the party of a great man who should have been president, who would've been one of the greatest presidents in history, hubert her racial horn blow or humphrey. i have appreciated what this kitchen convention has set up, a great man who epitomizes the democratic party, and i would like to say that we are also the party of senator edward kennedy. i would like to say a personal word to senator kennedy. ted, you are a tough competitor and a superb campaigner, and i can attest to that. your spee

especially thank you for choosing as my running mate the best partner any president ever had, fritz mondale. [applause] president carter: with gratitude and with determination, i accept your nomination. [cheers and applause] president carter: and i am proud to run on the progressive and sound platform that you have hammered out at this convention. [applause] president carter: fritz and i will mount a campaign that defines the real issues, a campaign that responds to the intelligence of the american people, a campaign that talks sense. and we're going to beat the republicans in november! [applause] president carter: we'll win because we are the party of a great president who knew how to get reelected, franklin delano roosevelt. [applause] president carter: and we are the party of a courageous fighter who knew how to give 'em hell -- harry truman. [applause] president carter: and as truman said, he just told the truth and they thought it was hell. [laughter] president carter: and we're the party of a gallant man of spirit -- john fitzgerald kennedy. [applause] president carter: and we're the

especially thank you for choosing as my running mate the best partner any president ever had, fritz mondale[applause]