To refine your results, add quotations around a phrase or use AND, NOT, OR between keywords. You can also filter results after clicking the search icon by selecting any of the categories listed in the "Filter By" section below. Please note that available filters are based on your search results. To learn more about search, visit Search Help.

Showing 561-570 of 741 records

Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson of Sweden

… whom Americans share many fundamental values: We're both deeply committed to the system of democracy; we are both committed to the protection of the fundamental rights of the individual; …

Learn More

Written Responses to Questions Submitted by France Soir Magazine

… 20 years -- and it is one we share with others -- must be the preservation and promotion of democracy. The solidarity of the Atlantic alliance has provided Europe the longest period of … system is increasingly seen as the most effective instrument for growth, and everywhere democracy is the inspiration and aspiration of mankind. In the past 4 years, we have reinforced …

Learn More

Remarks at an Event Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary

… and spend and spend and end a foreign policy of watching the chances for peace with freedom, democracy, and dignity steadily retreat. So, one by one, we dealt with the critical problems that … the American people and the rest of the world about the crucial nature of the struggle between democracy and totalitarianism. Yet even as we've been candid about our adversaries, we've pushed …

Learn More

Remarks on Signing the Bill of Rights Day and the Human Rights Day and Week Proclamation

… tangible evidence of our concern. In the Western Hemisphere, where so much progress toward democracy has been made, Cuba stands out as the country where institutionalized totalitarianism … human being. Thus, they brought into existence a form of limited government -- representative democracy -- whose powers are circumscribed by law and whose legitimacy derives from the consent …

Learn More

Remarks to Captive Nations Conference Participants

… in its history. Yes, we have our differences, and at times politics can get pretty rough. Democracy is not for weak spirits. Whatever problems we have, whatever differences we have, …

Learn More

Remarks at the Annual Republican Congressional Fundraising Dinner

… the expansion of freedom around the world. We sent a new message of strength by restoring democracy in Grenada . And by supporting courageous freedom fighters around the world, we're …

Learn More

Remarks at a Dinner for Former Members of the Office of Strategic Services

… of the people of Latin America are living in democratic nations or nations moving toward democracy -- a striking change from only a few years ago. Many Asian and European countries are …

Learn More

Remarks on Receiving the Final Report of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control in the Federal Government

… in decline and a nation in decay. Faith in our democratic system -- and without that faith democracy simply can't work -- was being undermined. As James Madison said, ``It's the gradual …

Learn More

Remarks at a Luncheon Hosted by Artists and Cultural Leaders in Moscow

… abandoned long ago -- stones, moss, and nothing more.'' As I see it, political leadership in a democracy requires seeing past the abstractions and embracing the vast diversity of humanity and …

Learn More

New Year's Messages of President Reagan and President Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union

… of many years' standing. Perhaps your country will join ours in the effort to bring peace, democracy, and security to Central America . In all of these areas, these improvements represent …

Learn More

Ask an Archivist

Need assistance with anything further? Please contact the Reagan Library archives staff.