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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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Address Before a Joint Session of Congress on the State of the Union - 1986

… must prepare for peace not only by reducing weapons but by bolstering prosperity, liberty, and democracy however and wherever we can. We advance the promise of opportunity every time we speak … those imprisoned in regimes held captive, to those beaten for daring to fight for freedom and democracy -- for their right to worship, to speak, to live, and to prosper in the family of free … for the security of our frontiers, for the protection of our vital interests, than to achieve democracy in Nicaragua and to protect Nicaragua's democratic neighbors. This year I will be …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Members of the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco

… been greater. We can improve the well-being of our people, and we can enhance the forces for democracy, freedom, peace, and human fulfillment around the world, if we stand up for principles … and trade institutions to strengthen world growth and bolster the forces of freedom and democracy. Taken together, these actions give the United States a positive framework for leading … to build a collective partnership with all developing countries for peace, prosperity, and democracy. At the GATT ministerial meeting last November, the United States took the lead in …

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

… a term of derogation imposed on them by the Sandinistas. These are people who are fighting for democracy and freedom in their country. And here there's no question about my being informed. … wrong, and I don't see anything wrong with other countries that share our feeling about democracy -- even though this is in this hemisphere -- would come to the aid of these freedom … in which we have been -- the democratic nations of the world, together -- trying to help democracy. Q. Mr. President, my name is Tim Kent from WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina. I don't …

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Remarks Announcing the Resignation of Robert C. McFarlane as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Appointment of John M. Poindexter

… think philosophers have devoted a great amount of thought to whether or not intrinsic flaws in democracy and free enterprise would, over time, lead such systems to decline. And I think it's … economic, and moral incentives to lead these countries in the post-colonial period to adopt democracy, free enterprise? With regard to East-West relations, after the enormously successful …

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Inaugural Address 1985

… we think of those who traveled before us. We stand again at the steps of this symbol of our democracy -- well, we would have been standing at the steps if it hadn't gotten so cold. [Laughter] Now we're standing inside this symbol of our democracy, and we see and hear again the echoes of our past: a general falls to his knees in the …

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Remarks at the Annual Republican Congressional Fundraising Dinner

… speech I was being hanged, the crowd would be twice as big.'' [Laughter] "Success in a democracy,'' as Churchill pointed out, "has little to do with pleasing the crowd and a lot to do … freedom to be snuffed out in Nicaragua, if we cower and refuse to support those who fight for democracy, our country will pay dearly for our lack of courage. I received a letter signed by …

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Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Council

… we're against but on what we're for. And we are against totalitarianism. We're for freedom and democracy -- for them without hesitation or apology, and virtually, I would venture, without … join together to help restore the economies of two countries: one, the Philippines, an heroic democracy ravaged by Communist-led insurrection; the other, Afghanistan, a victim of brutal … my visit to Moscow, the countries of the Soviet bloc as well. I believe that the house of democracy's current consensus for strength and growth will usher in a new age of which we can …

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Remarks of the President and Prime Minister Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe Following Their Meetings

… which the United States has long made a decision, matters of principle which make for greater democracy and greater freedom in society. We are prepared that this shall also be our tradition. …

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Remarks at the Inaugural Band Concert at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland

… Earth enjoy.'' Well, today we can rejoice that more and more people on Earth are moving toward democracy, and we can rejoice that America, a nation still young compared to so many others, is …

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