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Remarks Announcing the Appointment of Robert C. McFarlane as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

… wrong -- that the West can indeed define its interests, defend them, demonstrate that freedom, democracy, free enterprise is the hope of the future. Again, on behalf of my family, I'm deeply …

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Toronto Economic Summit Conference Political Declaration

… within the framework of our existing alliances for the cause of freedom, to safeguard democracy and the prosperity which it has produced. In our discussions we considered how these …

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Toasts at the State Dinner for British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

… what is right, Margaret Thatcher reminded us of the crucial role strong leadership plays in a democracy. When the Prime Minister applied her formidable talents to foreign policy, the results … 's boundaries, Britain and America are working together to advance an ideal, the return to democracy for many nations that have lost it. We're encouraging a democratic tide around the …

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Remarks to the World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts in Springfield

… to how unlikely the prospects for freedom seemed at the start of this decade. You can recall democracy on the defensive in country after country, an unparalleled buildup of nuclear arms, … was no longer enough, that the expansion of human freedom was our goal. We spoke for democracy, and we said that we would work for the day when the people of every nation enjoyed the … making a moral and spiritual point. And in doing this, we offered hope for the future, for democracy; and we showed we had retained that gift for dreaming that marked this continent and …

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Telephone Interview With Dorothy Fuldheim of WEWS-TV in Cleveland, Ohio

… that is eligible to vote -- see them registered and see them voting. That would really be our democracy at work. Over recent years we've seen declining numbers going to the polls to vote in …

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Toast at a Luncheon Hosted by President Miguel De la Madrid Hurtado in Mazatlan, Mexico

… raise their families in peace and freedom and prosperity. And that is why our commitment to democracy in our hemisphere must be unshakable. Totalitarian societies -- such as those in the …

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Public Papers of Ronald Reagan December 1983

… December 16, 1983 Remarks at a White House Ceremony Inaugurating the National Endowment for Democracy December 17, 1983 Radio Address to the Nation on Drunk Driving December 19, 1983 …

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Remarks at the Annual Members Banquet of the National Rifle Association in Phoenix, Arizona

… insisting that justice be carried out -- and every time you do that, you keep the spirit of democracy strong in America. This morning I had the pleasure of meeting Arizona's Sun City Posse, … Teddy Roosevelt recognized, ``The free, self-reliant, adventurous life, with its rugged . . . democracy; the wild surroundings, the grand beauty of the scenery, the chance to study the ways … progressive, and free. But El Salvador is under attack. Guerrillas with contempt for democracy and armed to the teeth by Nicaragua, Cuba, and the Soviets are determined to shoot …

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Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner for Senator Mack Mattingly in Atlanta, Georgia

… why we call it America's tax plan. Now, there are cynics, as Mack said, who suggest that democracy has become so partisan that such fundamental reform is impossible. Well, we've all … them defend themselves. And we must lend our support to those freedom fighters struggling for democracy in Nicaragua. This is a matter of the freedom of our friends and neighbors and the …

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Toasts of the President and Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald of Ireland at a Dinner Honoring the President in Dublin

… between that small state and your great country, thus enhancing the climate for peace and democracy in that troubled region. Mr. President, in 4 weeks time Ireland takes over the … an historic phenomenon. Benjamin Franklin, a preeminent influence on the course of American democracy, visited here during our Revolutionary period. As Prime Minister FitzGerald pointed out …

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