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Cindy McCain, wife of the Republican presidential candidate John McCain, has addressed the Republican National Convention in St Paul, Minnesota.
Below are some key excerpts from her speech.
ON MCCAIN'S CHARACTER
It's going to take someone of unusual strength and character - someone exactly like my husband - to lead us through the reefs and currents that lie ahead. I know John. You can trust his hand at the wheel.
ON MCCAIN'S LEADERSHIP
Forgiveness is not just a personal issue: it's why John led the effort to normalise relations with Vietnam retrieve the remains of our MIAs [Missing In Action]... to bring closure to both sides. That's leadership - national leadership. And it's leading by example.
ON MCCAIN THE MAN
If Americans want straight talk and the plain truth they should take a good close look at John McCain... a man tested and true... who's never wavered in his devotion to our country... a man who's served in Washington without ever becoming a Washington insider... who always speaks the truth no matter what the cost... a man of judgment and character... a loyal and loving and true husband and a magnificent father.
ON SARAH PALIN
John has picked a reform-minded, hockey-mommin', basketball shootin', moose-huntin', fly-fishin', pistol-packing mother-of-five for vice president. And as a fellow hockey mom myself and a western conservative mother, I couldn't be prouder that John has shaken things up as he usually does.
No one can do the job alone. And that's why I'm glad John will have Governor Palin by his side.
ON AMERICANS' DUTY TO THEIR COUNTRY
It's much larger and more important than just me or John or any of us: it's the work of this great country calling us together - and there is no greater duty than that, no more essential task for our generation - right now.
ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
This convention celebrates a special and exceptional Republican Party... the hand we feel on our shoulder belongs to Abraham Lincoln. Our country was born amidst the struggle for freedom... and our party arose from a great battle for human rights, dignity, and equality for all people. We give way to no one and no other party in that cause. From its very birth, our party has been grounded in the notion of service, community and self-reliance... and it's all tempered by a uniquely American faith in - and compassion for - each other's neighbours.
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