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… by pursuit of four fundamental goals: We have sought to defend and advance the cause of democracy, freedom, and human rights throughout the world. We have sought to promote prosperity … the Soviet bloc; and the effort to use Communist Nicaragua as a base from which to extinguish democracy in El Salvador and beyond. These are not isolated events. They make up the disturbing … the globe. Here in the Western Hemisphere, the 1980's have been a decade of transition to democracy. Today, over 90 percent of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean live under …
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… position of neutrality, he added that Finland is "tied to Western values of freedom, democracy, and human rights.'' And let me add here, that for America those ties are also the … Japan and Australia and many others, we have lived in this state of freedom, this house of democracy, since the end of the Second World War. The house of democracy is a house whose doors are open to all. Because of it, because of the liberty and …
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… and success. And may the Almighty God bless you and grant you strength to lead this bastion of democracy to ever greater heights. Thank you, sir. Note: The President spoke at 10:52 a.m. at the …
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… Their hope that terrorism will weaken our resolve or support for the revitalization of democracy in El Salvador is futile. If other U.S. military assets can be effective in this …
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… watching and listening tonight -- expect this of us. Let's prove to them and to ourselves that democracy works even in an election year. We've done this before. And as we have worked together … ago, America was weak, and freedom everywhere was under siege. Today America is strong, and democracy is everywhere on the move. From Central America to East Asia , ideas like free markets … This global democratic revolution has removed the specter, so frightening a decade ago, of democracy doomed to permanent minority status in the world. In South and Central America , only a …
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… ``neutralize Yankee intervention.'' In other words, the coalition and the promises about democracy the Sandinistas made to the Organization of American States and to us were falsehoods, … of American States. I was particularly concerned about the promises made in 1979 to bring democracy to Nicaragua . A month later, from the same platform, Daniel Ortega replied to me. He said that the pledges of democracy, of individual liberty, of a mixed economy, of freedom of press and religion were -- …
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… under Soviet domination. Linda's opponent actually voted against military aid to the fledgling democracy in El Salvador . I remember when we first came here -- El Salvador struggling against … our backs on that. We had no business trying to be of any help to them. And today they're a democracy. Linda's opponent actually voted against military aid, as I say, to that fledgling democracy. Had her view held sway, the people of El Salvador might be under the heel of a …
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… or teaching America 's young people the meaning of our precious rights through your Voice of Democracy program, the members of the VFW are still on the front lines, still leading the charge, … its 40th anniversary. Its achievement has been simple and historic: 40 years of freedom and democracy in Western Europe -- and without armies clashing anywhere on the continent. Since the … and ocean in this century, Americans have left such stories. Courage is our mark, freedom and democracy our gift to mankind. And you, who know this so well, help us keep it that way forever. …
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… come back. We are deterring, ``Not one square inch of territory has been lost . . .'' and democracy is once more the ascendant model for developing countries everywhere. There is little …
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… these portraits say something fundamental about the greatness or openness of American democracy, for they show men and women of all backgrounds and walks of life. And although these …
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