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… shed blood together in Korea . Americans have been proud to help Turkey in securing its democracy and seeking prosperity. Our aspirations for our partnership remain large: peace, … but also on common values embedded in the principles of respect for human rights, freedom, and democracy. We in Turkey are proud that, like other NATO countries with whom we share a common destiny, we have succeeded in establishing a democracy with all its institutions based on respect for human rights. Though this characteristic …
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… will work closely with the administration in the effort to secure peace in Central America and democracy in Nicaragua . … Statement by Assistant to the President for Press Relations Fitzwater …
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… Brazil during a time of great transition, political and economic. Its peaceful return to democracy, accomplished with the good will and cooperation of all segments of Brazilian society, … Mr. President, to have such a man, and such a country as lovely as yours, as our friend. Today democracy flourishes in Brazil . The rights of each individual are protected. Freedoms of … and of the future. All Brazilians feel happy with your invitation. Our meeting reinforces democracy in Brazil and in Latin America -- so I see it. The only ideology of Brazil is …
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… course, who are the true heroes today. They have high expectations for their country and for democracy, and they have resolved this issue nonviolently in a way that does them honor. Note: …
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… responds favorably, we could soon see: 1) a dialog leading to internal reconciliation and democracy in Nicaragua; 2) talks for bringing an end to the conflict in El Salvador; and 3) the …
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… your house. Every American would, because this is, as we have been so eloquently told, one of democracy's shrines. Here the rights of free people and the processes of representation have been … fight against the future. Time is on our side.'' It was easier to believe in the march of democracy in Gladstone's day -- in that high noon of Victorian optimism. We're approaching the … terrible political invention -- totalitarianism. Optimism comes less easily today, not because democracy is less vigorous, but because democracy's enemies have refined their instruments of …
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… And it was from this hill on this good soil that freedom was proclaimed and the dream of democracy and national unity came alive in the German soul. I am only a visitor to your country, … people, but that too many Europeans have been forbidden to work for freedom. It's not that democracy was tried and found wanting, but that some forbid democracy to be tried because they knew it would succeed. Europe today -- divided by concrete …
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… to death by the Nazis. This kind of brutal experience turned many in those days away from democracy and toward totalitarianism. President Pertini never wavered from his democratic ideals. … its system to the roots. Like Fascists and Nazis, Red Terrorists sought to undermine faith in democracy by demoralizing the people. The Italian people needed a symbol of strength and a symbol …
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… security. I'm talking about the Soviet-Cuban-Nicaraguan plan to destroy the fragile flower of democracy and force communism on our small Central American neighbors -- a plan that could, for … of the regime's true intent. On March 1st, exiled Nicaraguan leaders, representing a broad pro-democracy movement, met in San Jose, Costa Rica, and made this offer: The freedom fighters in … to a cease-fire if the Communist regime will negotiate, permit free elections and genuine democracy. The answer came back quick, loud, and clear: Forget it. U.S. support for the freedom …
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… intrusted to the hands of the American people.'' Now, you may not think of yourself or our democracy as an experiment, but look around. All over the world, millions and millions of people … law under God are realities. Yes, these people see America as the experiment that works. And democracy works because of the physical and moral courage of individuals -- some famous, others … and vibrant. Of course, we're accustomed to thinking of courage during a time of war, but democracy requires political courage as well. In 1954, when he was convalescing from a painful …
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