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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Annual Economic Report of the President

… By its very nature, the democratic process is often messy and unfocused. But we know that democracy works and that tough decisions can be made. We must rise to the challenge again and …

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Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner for Governor William P. Clements, Jr., in Houston, Texas

… was fortunate enough to be permitted to address a joint session of Parliament in the cradle of democracy, and the Bundestag, the parliament of West Germany. Now, I know you've heard about the …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Students of John A. Holmes High School of Edenton, North Carolina

… of your day. It also means voting. To vote is to take part in this grand experiment called democracy in America. It's your right and your responsibility to take part. Good citizenship also …

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Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Independent Schools

… not for its own sake, but as a way of instilling a virtue that is central to life in our democracy -- self-discipline. And if it is sometimes difficult to assert rightful authority, we …

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Toronto Economic Summit Conference Economic Declaration

… that exist between our countries and that thereby they have helped to sustain the values of democracy that underlie our economic and political systems. Our annual meetings have provided the …

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Remarks to Members of the Empire and Canadian Clubs in Toronto, Canada

… From Cyprus to the Sinai, from pressuring the Soviets to get out of Afghanistan to supporting democracy in the Philippines , we have worked together. I saw one of the fruits of our …

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Remarks to Chinese Community Leaders in Beijing, China

… together in a sacred brotherhood of free men. Abraham Lincoln defined the heart of American democracy when he said, ``No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's …

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Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association in Atlanta, Georgia

… so we can put real teeth into the principle of equal protection from discrimination. In a democracy, there is no greater expression of equal opportunity than the right to vote. And I am …

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Address at Commencement Exercises at Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois

… the goal of a peaceful community of nations. Only as partners can we defend the values of democracy and human dignity that we hold so dear. There's a single, major issue in our …

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Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1981

… liberty; Bryce Harlow, an architect of public policy whose contributions have strengthened our democracy's political process; Ella Grasso, a genuine public servant who fought against death as … by reading to you something the historian Edward Gibbon wrote about ancient Athens, the first democracy and the fountainhead of Western culture. He wrote that when the Athenians finally …

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