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Written Responses to Questions Submitted by Le Monde of France

… El Salvador, from whatever source. It is tragic to note that the violent left, which opposes democracy in El Salvador, has escalated the level of bloodshed in an apparent effort to disrupt … in Central America through free elections, and that is our guiding principle -- one that a democracy like France can well appreciate. The urgency of promoting the democratic process and …

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Interview With the Wall Street Journal

… who are compelled to send their children to school under the law, because we believe that a democracy can only exist if you have a literate citizenry. And yet these people who, if they … of principles of what it was they were seeking in the revolution. And this was pure democracy. This was all the civil rights and human rights, freedom of speech, freedom of labor … happen once before with Castro's coming to power in Cuba. He had other allies that wanted a democracy, and he never admitted to his true leanings until that revolution was over. Well, what …

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The President's News Conference

… we have an obligation to be of help where we can to freedom fighters and lovers of freedom and democracy, from Afghanistan to Nicaragua and wherever there are people of that kind who are … which they had received support from the Organization -- that their revolutionary goal was for democracy, free press, free speech, free labor unions, and elections, and so forth, and they have … saying we're trying to give those who fought a revolution to escape a dictatorship, to have democracy, and then had it taken away from them by some of their fellow revolutionaries -- we're …

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Remarks to Members of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London

… a strategy of public candor about the moral and fundamental differences between statism and democracy, but also a strategy of vigorous diplomatic engagement; a policy that rejects both the … of Western Europe, together with the United States, Canada, Japan, and others -- this House of Democracy -- engaged in an active diplomacy while sparking a startling growth of democratic … liberty, but only if we, as free men and women, joined together in a worldwide movement toward democracy, a crusade for freedom, a crusade that would be not so much a struggle of armed might, …

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Remarks at a Luncheon Sponsored by the Senate Republican Policy Committee

… of mankind. From Central America to Africa to the Middle East, we're working to support democracy and produce peace. In Lebanon, the peace process has been slow and painful, but we've …

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Remarks to Business Leaders During a White House Briefing on the Federal Budget and Deficit Reduction

… on our country I'd like to share. As I mentioned earlier, change is never easy in a democracy. I'm proud of the changes that we've made. But each time we've succeeded, it's always …

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Toasts at the State Dinner for Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Federal Republic of Germany

… of liberty and justice. This is the source of his sense of purpose, the source from which democracy draws its strength, a power beyond the reach of tyrants. Today the Western democracies …

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Remarks at a Reagan-Bush Rally in Medford, Oregon

… But we know that the Sandinistas immediately began to persecute the genuine believers in democracy and to export terror. They went on to slaughter the Miskito Indians, abuse and deport … and move to kill free speech. So, why isn't my opponent speaking out now about those winds of democracy? More recently, he failed to repudiate the Reverend Jesse Jackson, when he went to …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on Foreign and Domestic Issues

… before the British Parliament a couple of years ago, and that is the idea of trying to help democracy by strengthening those organizations within a country that lead toward democracy, such as free labor unions, and so forth. And we have helped finance those. Now, it's …

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Remarks at a Fundraising Luncheon for Senator Don Nickles in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

… and we should be darn proud of it. Just south of our border we face a major challenge to democracy and our own security from Soviet-sponsored subversion and aggression. I'm happy to … who were opposed to that totalitarian government. Those who put their lives on the line for democracy look to us as their last, best hope. We failed them once; we dare not fail them again. …

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