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Remarks at a White House Meeting With 1984 Reagan-Bush Campaign Supporters

… rebuilding of our military. We had boldly restated the fundamental, moral difference between democracy and communism. And in 1983 we had begun the Strategic Defense Initiative, an initiative …

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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson of Sweden

… whom Americans share many fundamental values: We're both deeply committed to the system of democracy; we are both committed to the protection of the fundamental rights of the individual; …

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Joint Statement Following Discussions With Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Federal Republic of Germany

… and the political support which the United States granted to the German people and their young democracy. German-American relations are based on a close affection among our two peoples and are … their resolve to support the Turkish Government in its efforts to lead Turkey back to democracy. The President and the Chancellor expressed confidence that our free societies would …

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Remarks at the Annual Convention of the United States League of Savings Associations in New Orleans, Louisiana

… Difficult choices lie ahead. They'll require political courage. No one ever said that democracy was easy. But we do know that democracy works if we make it work. So once again, we're asking for your help. We need your …

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Address Before a Joint Session of Congress on the State of the Union - 1987

… to see how this nation responds. Today over 90 percent of the people of Latin America live in democracy. Democracy is on the march in Central and South America. Communist Nicaragua is the odd man out -- …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Regional Editors and Broadcasters

… the goals of your revolution, and they were given. And the goals were: pluralistic society, democracy, freedom of speech, free labor unions, freedom of press -- all the things that go with a democracy. They have never kept one of those promises. As I say, they ousted the rest, and it …

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Remarks at the Inaugural Anniversary Dinner of the Administration of Ronald Reagan

… of this century. City halls, county seats, and State legislatures are the very laboratories of democracy, and yet in past years we've closed our eyes to their findings. By removing the …

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Remarks at a White House Briefing for Republican Student Interns on Soviet-United States Relations

… know it looks a little unwashed -- [laughter] -- but all in all, as Churchill once said about democracy: With all its faults, it's better than any other system anyone else has ever devised. …

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Remarks to the Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce in Tokyo, Japan

… of the United States of America, in appreciation of the steadfast support of the principles of democracy and the free enterprise system, for opposing protectionism in any form and championing …

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Remarks to the Volunteers and Staff of the United Way of America in Alexandria, Virginia

… in behalf of the need.'' And he added a line there, in that book that he was writing about democracy in America , in which he said: " And you won't believe it, but there was never a …

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