than ever before. [ cheers and applause ] in this journey, i'm so lucky to have at my side my wife lania and my wonderful children. don, ivanka, eric, tiffany, and barron. you will always be my greatest source of pride and joy. and, by the way, melania and ivanka, did they do a job? [ cheers and applause ] my dad, fred trump, was the smartest and hardest-working man i ever knew. i wonder sometimes what he'd say if he were here to see this and to see me tonight. [ cheers and applause ] it's because of him that i learned, from my youngt to respect the dignity of work and the dignity of working people. [ cheers and applause ] he was a guy most comfortable in the company of bricklayers, and carpenters, and electricians and i have a lot of that in me also. i love those people. [ cheers and applause ] then there's my mother, mary. she was strong, but also warm and fair-minded. she was a truly great mother. she was also one of the most honest and charitable people that i have ever known, and a great, great judge of character. anywhere. to my sisters mary anne and elizabeth, my brother robert an