Carly Fiorina on why USA constitution matters today and how to save the future of USA
Please note that the views espoused in the transcript snippets below are that of Ms. Carly Fiorina. I (Ravi S. Iyer) prefer to take a neutral stand and simply note her views.
From around 6:45 in the video, Cruz announces Fiorina as choice for running mate, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpZPL0VBMHU, published on April 28th 2016, Ms. Carly Fiorina says,
Listen, as someone who has challenged the status quo all my life - that's what I have done; that's how you get (from) secretary to CEO, you challenge the status quo. It is actually the only way you solve festering problems and Lord knows we have festering problems in Washington D.C. The only way you solve festering problems is you actually have to challenge the status quo.
And I will tell you something about challenging the system and the status quo. You do more than ruffle feathers. You do more than rock the boat. You make enemies. So I am reassured and I am proud of some of the enemies that Ted Cruz has made. It means he has got a fight and this is our fight. But let me tell you something else about this man.
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From around 9:34 in the same video:
I said you know, there's an old saying, Tough times build character. That's not true. Tough times reveal character. Character is revealed over time and under pressure. Character is revealed in the pattern of someone's life, not in what they choose to say behind the podium. And I can tell you that the character of Ted Cruz has been revealed over time and under pressure and in the pattern of his life. He is a principled fighter. He is a man of character and conviction and he understands the importance of the constitution to the future of this nation.
I have to take a moment and explain why the constitution even matters. Because you know, there are some people who say, (Well), it is a dusty relic. It was written so long ago. Let me tell you why it matters but to tell you why it matters I need to go back and tell you a little bit about myself.
When I was a little girl, just 8 years old, I was in Sunday school one morning. My mother was my Sunday school teacher, that year. And she looked at me and the rest of the class and she said, "What you are is God's gift to you. What you make of yourself is your gift to God." I have travelled and lived and worked all over the world, for decades. I have seen people in every possible corner of the globe and in every conceivable circumstance. And I can tell you that indeed, each of us, all of us are gifted by God. Each of us, each of us and all of us, have the capacity and the desire to live lives of dignity and purpose and meaning. And we know, and it has always been true, that work done well brings us dignity, and family brings us purpose, and faith gives meaning to our lives. [Applause] And that is true all over the world.
And when people do not have the opportunity to work, they lose dignity, and when families are (frayed?), purpose becomes uncertain, and when people are disconnected from their faith then they lose meaning in their lives. And so, if everyone is gifted by God, if everyone has the desire and the capacity to live a life of dignity and purpose and meaning, we must ask ourselves now as Americans when we face so much in this fight, we must ask ourselves, why is it that more things have been more possible for more people from more places, here than anywhere else on earth. Because knowing the answer to that question is what will save the future of this nation. [Applause]
I am keenly aware, I am keenly aware that it is only in this nation that a young woman can start out the way I did: typing, filing, answering the phones for a 9 person real estate firm (and) one day go on and become the chief executive of what we turned into the largest technology company in the world, run for the President of the United States, and run now for the Vice-President of the United States. [Applause] That is only possible in this great nation. And the reason it is possible, the reason it is possible here and only here, is because our founders knew what my mother taught me. Our founders knew that everyone is gifted by God, that all of us are equal in the eyes of God, that everyone has potential, usually far more than we realize, and so they said, We are going to found a nation on a radical, visionary idea. That here in this nation, everyone has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That was their way of saying that everyone has the right to find and use their God-given gifts to fulfill their potential and they said, and this was the radical part, that that right comes from God and cannot be taken away by man or government. [Applause]
And so this became a nation where entrepreneurship flourished and innovation flourished and where more things became more possible for more people from more places. The constitution rightly enshrines our rights and liberties that gives us the chance to fulfill our potential. But our founders knew something else. Our founders knew that it has always been true all throughout history - and I used to study history - our founders knew that all throughout history this also is true: power concentrated is power abused. And so the constitution is rightly understood not just as a document to enshrine our rights and liberties but also (as) a document to prevent, to restrain the concentration and the abuse of power. And we have flowed and gone way too far from that constitution. The reality is, for the last decades under Republicans and Democrats alike, too much power and too much money are concentrated in the hands of too few. We must restore power, liberty where it belongs - in the hands of citizens of this nation, small businesses, communities and states.
That is why having a constitutional conservative in the White House matters. Because the President, in order to fix what ails us, must restore our constitutional balance of power. [Applause]
Our entrenched political system, our system of crony capitalism, now, it works if you are a big company but it doesn't work if you are a small company. It works if you are wealthy or powerful or well connected like --names snipped-- but it doesn't work for the rest of us.
Ours was intended to be a citizen government. And now we must restore, and a President Ted Cruz will restore power back where it belongs - in the hands of citizens and communities and states of this great nation. [Applause] What is at stake now is the future of our nation. The potential of our nation. Will this be a nation where every American regardless of their circumstances, has the opportunity that comes from their God given gifts? Will we be one nation indivisible under God with liberty and justice for all, Or Not? Our country is being taken away from us by the elites, by the crony capitalists, by the special interests that have captured both parties. They want to take away, they are taking away, not only what we treasure about this nation, but what has made this nation great; what has made this nation a place of possibility for so many people.
--- end partial transcript of Mr. Carly Fiorina's speech ---
Please note that I have a NEUTRAL informal-student-observer role in these posts that I put up about the USA presidential elections. Of course, as I am an Indian citizen living in India, there is no question of me voting in these elections.
[I thank Ms. Carly Fiorina and have presumed that she will not have any objections to me sharing the above transcript segments from her speech on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.]
From around 6:45 in the video, Cruz announces Fiorina as choice for running mate, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpZPL0VBMHU, published on April 28th 2016, Ms. Carly Fiorina says,
Listen, as someone who has challenged the status quo all my life - that's what I have done; that's how you get (from) secretary to CEO, you challenge the status quo. It is actually the only way you solve festering problems and Lord knows we have festering problems in Washington D.C. The only way you solve festering problems is you actually have to challenge the status quo.
And I will tell you something about challenging the system and the status quo. You do more than ruffle feathers. You do more than rock the boat. You make enemies. So I am reassured and I am proud of some of the enemies that Ted Cruz has made. It means he has got a fight and this is our fight. But let me tell you something else about this man.
---
From around 9:34 in the same video:
I said you know, there's an old saying, Tough times build character. That's not true. Tough times reveal character. Character is revealed over time and under pressure. Character is revealed in the pattern of someone's life, not in what they choose to say behind the podium. And I can tell you that the character of Ted Cruz has been revealed over time and under pressure and in the pattern of his life. He is a principled fighter. He is a man of character and conviction and he understands the importance of the constitution to the future of this nation.
I have to take a moment and explain why the constitution even matters. Because you know, there are some people who say, (Well), it is a dusty relic. It was written so long ago. Let me tell you why it matters but to tell you why it matters I need to go back and tell you a little bit about myself.
When I was a little girl, just 8 years old, I was in Sunday school one morning. My mother was my Sunday school teacher, that year. And she looked at me and the rest of the class and she said, "What you are is God's gift to you. What you make of yourself is your gift to God." I have travelled and lived and worked all over the world, for decades. I have seen people in every possible corner of the globe and in every conceivable circumstance. And I can tell you that indeed, each of us, all of us are gifted by God. Each of us, each of us and all of us, have the capacity and the desire to live lives of dignity and purpose and meaning. And we know, and it has always been true, that work done well brings us dignity, and family brings us purpose, and faith gives meaning to our lives. [Applause] And that is true all over the world.
And when people do not have the opportunity to work, they lose dignity, and when families are (frayed?), purpose becomes uncertain, and when people are disconnected from their faith then they lose meaning in their lives. And so, if everyone is gifted by God, if everyone has the desire and the capacity to live a life of dignity and purpose and meaning, we must ask ourselves now as Americans when we face so much in this fight, we must ask ourselves, why is it that more things have been more possible for more people from more places, here than anywhere else on earth. Because knowing the answer to that question is what will save the future of this nation. [Applause]
I am keenly aware, I am keenly aware that it is only in this nation that a young woman can start out the way I did: typing, filing, answering the phones for a 9 person real estate firm (and) one day go on and become the chief executive of what we turned into the largest technology company in the world, run for the President of the United States, and run now for the Vice-President of the United States. [Applause] That is only possible in this great nation. And the reason it is possible, the reason it is possible here and only here, is because our founders knew what my mother taught me. Our founders knew that everyone is gifted by God, that all of us are equal in the eyes of God, that everyone has potential, usually far more than we realize, and so they said, We are going to found a nation on a radical, visionary idea. That here in this nation, everyone has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That was their way of saying that everyone has the right to find and use their God-given gifts to fulfill their potential and they said, and this was the radical part, that that right comes from God and cannot be taken away by man or government. [Applause]
And so this became a nation where entrepreneurship flourished and innovation flourished and where more things became more possible for more people from more places. The constitution rightly enshrines our rights and liberties that gives us the chance to fulfill our potential. But our founders knew something else. Our founders knew that it has always been true all throughout history - and I used to study history - our founders knew that all throughout history this also is true: power concentrated is power abused. And so the constitution is rightly understood not just as a document to enshrine our rights and liberties but also (as) a document to prevent, to restrain the concentration and the abuse of power. And we have flowed and gone way too far from that constitution. The reality is, for the last decades under Republicans and Democrats alike, too much power and too much money are concentrated in the hands of too few. We must restore power, liberty where it belongs - in the hands of citizens of this nation, small businesses, communities and states.
That is why having a constitutional conservative in the White House matters. Because the President, in order to fix what ails us, must restore our constitutional balance of power. [Applause]
Our entrenched political system, our system of crony capitalism, now, it works if you are a big company but it doesn't work if you are a small company. It works if you are wealthy or powerful or well connected like --names snipped-- but it doesn't work for the rest of us.
Ours was intended to be a citizen government. And now we must restore, and a President Ted Cruz will restore power back where it belongs - in the hands of citizens and communities and states of this great nation. [Applause] What is at stake now is the future of our nation. The potential of our nation. Will this be a nation where every American regardless of their circumstances, has the opportunity that comes from their God given gifts? Will we be one nation indivisible under God with liberty and justice for all, Or Not? Our country is being taken away from us by the elites, by the crony capitalists, by the special interests that have captured both parties. They want to take away, they are taking away, not only what we treasure about this nation, but what has made this nation great; what has made this nation a place of possibility for so many people.
--- end partial transcript of Mr. Carly Fiorina's speech ---
Please note that I have a NEUTRAL informal-student-observer role in these posts that I put up about the USA presidential elections. Of course, as I am an Indian citizen living in India, there is no question of me voting in these elections.
[I thank Ms. Carly Fiorina and have presumed that she will not have any objections to me sharing the above transcript segments from her speech on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.]
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