--- 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. 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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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