Cindy McCain Delivers Remarks, Introduces John McCain at Republican National Convention

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Cindy McCain: 'You Can Trust His Hand at the Wheel'

Cindy McCain credits her husband, Sen. John McCain, for being the right person to steer the country through this dangerous time.

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It's not -- it's not our natural instinct to rally to them, to lift them up with our prayers, to come to their aid. It's also our duty as a country.

That duty is what brings me before you tonight, and it's a much larger, more important than John or me or any of us. It's the work of this great country calling us together, and there's no greater duty than that, no more essential task for our generation right now.

That's been very much on my mind these last few months as I've traveled our country. Each day, after the bands packed up, and the speeches were done, and the camera lights darkened, I always came back to how blessed and honored I was to be a part of our national conversation.

And in these times, when so many of our fellow Americans face difficult situations, what I saw moved me deeply: Families worried about losing their homes. Towns deserted by industries once at their center. Mothers with no choice but to send their children to unsafe and underperforming schools.

But I have also seen the resilience of the American people. I've heard stirring stories of neighbor helping neighbor, cities on one end of the country offering help to fellow citizens on the other.

Despite our challenges, our hearts are still alive with hope and belief in the individual ability to make things right, if only the federal government would get itself under control and out of our way.