--- title: Republican Convention: Read Donald Trump's Acceptance Speech description: Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, promising to restore "law and order" to the United States and the world. canonical: https://time.com/4418493/republican-convention-donald-trump-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-22T03:49:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:54.281Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Trump's Acceptance Speech at the Republican Convention og:description: "We will also be a country of law and order." og:url: https://time.com/4418493/republican-convention-donald-trump-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt761c3ac81d3d8e8c/69889ec03c1639473645e25e/ivanka-donald-trump-republican-national-convention-rnc-34.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4116 og:image:height: 2315 og:image:alt: Donald J. Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Trump's Acceptance Speech at the Republican Convention twitter:description: "We will also be a country of law and order." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt761c3ac81d3d8e8c/69889ec03c1639473645e25e/ivanka-donald-trump-republican-national-convention-rnc-34.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Donald Trump's Acceptance Speech at the Republican Convention by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jul 22, 2016 3:49 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016.J. Scott Applewhite—AP by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jul 22, 2016 3:49 AM UTC Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, promising to restore “law and order” to the United States and the world. “We will be a country of generosity and warmth,” he said. “But we will also be a country of law and order.” Read his full remarks, as prepared for delivery. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4418493/republican-convention-donald-trump-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4418493/republican-convention-donald-trump-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Donald Trump's Acceptance Speech at the Republican Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-22T03:49:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:54.281Z","description":"Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, promising to restore \"law and order\" to the United States and the world.","url":"https://time.com/4418493/republican-convention-donald-trump-transcript/","keywords":["Republican National Convention","2016 Election","photography","Donald Trump","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt761c3ac81d3d8e8c/69889ec03c1639473645e25e/ivanka-donald-trump-republican-national-convention-rnc-34.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt761c3ac81d3d8e8c/69889ec03c1639473645e25e/ivanka-donald-trump-republican-national-convention-rnc-34.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald J. 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