My Dad, Fred Trump, was the smartest and hardest working man I everknew.
I wonder sometimes what he’d say if he were here to see this tonight.
It’s because of him that I learned, from my youngest age, to respect thedignity of work and the dignity of working people.
He was a guy mostcomfortable in the company of bricklayers, carpenters, and electricians andI have a lot of that in me also.
Then there’s my mother, Mary.
She was strong, but also warm and fairminded.
She was a truly great mother. She was also one of the mosthonest and charitable people have ever known, and a great judge ofcharacter.
To my sisters Mary Anne and Elizabeth, my brother Robert and my latebrother Fred, I will always give you my love—you are most special to me.
I have had a truly great life in business.
But now, my sole and exclusive mission is to go to work for our country – togo to work for you.