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Message to the Congress on America's Agenda for the Future

… the Family of Free Nations In the area of foreign affairs, America will continue to encourage democracy, freedom, and respect for human rights around the world. We will be a strong and … only by a difference in our ``systems.'' The United States is a free and open society, a democracy in which a free press and free speech flourish. The people of the Soviet Union live in … and its opponents -- and lend our support to those who are building the infrastructure of democracy. Failure to sustain other democracies will be very costly in the long run, both …

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Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Scholars Awards

… of our civilization about God and humanity, teachings that make ideas like human dignity, democracy, the rule of law and representative institutions possible. And it's why all of us can … our whole way of life and what it is based upon, to speak for freedom, to argue the cause for democracy, and always to bear in mind those fundamental, moral distinctions between systems of …

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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Federal Republic of Germany

… freedom, the common heritage, and civilization of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law. This goal is laid down in the preamble to the … Constitution, especially the Catalog of Basic Rights, owes much to the American experience of democracy. Today there are 245,000 American troops and their families in our country where they …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Trip to Europe

… anniversary of D-day, the great Allied invasion that set Europe on the course toward liberty, democracy, and peace. That great battle and the war it helped bring to an end mark the beginning …

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Bonn Economic Summit Political Declaration on the 40th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War

… We deplore the division of Europe. In our commitment to the ideals of peace, freedom and democracy we seek by peaceful means to lower the barriers that have arisen within Europe. We …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Fiscal Year 1986 Budget

… as I'm President, we're not going back to the days when America was fast becoming an impotent democracy, too weak to meet defense commitments or to resist Communist takeovers and, yes, too …

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Remarks Following Discussions With President Samora Moises Machel of Mozambique

… to encourage the development of democratic government in all the nations of southern Africa. Democracy and the respect for fundamental human liberties are not only consistent with our values …

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Radio Address to the Nation on National Security and Administration Goals

… here the Congress has crucial decisions to make about whether our nation will truly support democracy and help resist tyranny in a region so close to our own borders. My own commitment …

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Toast at the State Dinner in Ottawa, Canada

… and a host of other cooperative endeavors, we continue to stand together for freedom and democracy and for the economic advancement of mankind. Just as the frontier once stretched before …

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Radio Address to the Nation on Economic Growth and the Situation in Nicaragua

… an 8-vote margin, took a dangerous gamble with our national security and the prospects for democracy in Central America. You see, on that day the House of Representatives voted down my …

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