"I’m here to declare himself an independent candidate for president of the United States. That’s not all.
"I’m here to join you in making a new declaration of independence for our entire nation. We declare independence from the corporations that have hijacked our government. And we declare independence from the Wall Street, from Big Tech, from Big Pharma, from Big A=g, from the military contractors and their lobbyists.
"And we declare independence from the mercenary media that is here to fortify all of the corporate orthodoxies from their advertisers and to urge us to hate our neighbors and to fear our friends.
"And we declare independence from the cynical elites who betray our hope and who amplify our divisions. And finally, we declare independence from the two political parties."