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Message to the Congress on America's Agenda for the Future

… the Family of Free Nations In the area of foreign affairs, America will continue to encourage democracy, freedom, and respect for human rights around the world. We will be a strong and … only by a difference in our ``systems.'' The United States is a free and open society, a democracy in which a free press and free speech flourish. The people of the Soviet Union live in … and its opponents -- and lend our support to those who are building the infrastructure of democracy. Failure to sustain other democracies will be very costly in the long run, both …

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Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Scholars Awards

… of our civilization about God and humanity, teachings that make ideas like human dignity, democracy, the rule of law and representative institutions possible. And it's why all of us can … our whole way of life and what it is based upon, to speak for freedom, to argue the cause for democracy, and always to bear in mind those fundamental, moral distinctions between systems of …

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Remarks at the Opening of the Michael Evans Portrait Exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery of Art

… 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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Radio Address to the Nation on the Federal Budget

… like enemies and concentrate our attention and anger on the true enemies of freedom and democracy in the world. For the past 2 weeks, the House and Senate have been meeting in a …

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Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade

… by an act of Congress. American working men and women have much of which to be proud. Our democracy is based on their good sense and commitment to liberty. It was the hard work and skill …

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Remarks on Signing the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988

… that Canada and the United States are two distinct variations of a common theme of freedom, democracy, and human rights. As leaders of the free world, Canada and the United States are …

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Remarks at a Senate Campaign Fundraising Luncheon for Linda Chavez in Baltimore, Maryland

… 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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Remarks at the Annual Conference of the Veterans of Foreign Wars

… 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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Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers

… first, to offer support to the free nations of the region, to those that have already achieved democracy, and to those that are working toward it in good faith. Democracy in the region has achieved a firm foothold. Costa Rica has long been a healthy democracy. Honduras is making strides, and now, under the leadership of President Duarte and in …

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Remarks at a Ceremony Celebrating the 90th Birthday of John J. McCloy

… Republic of Germany today is one of the free and prosperous countries in the world -- a democracy of tested stability, an important partner in the Atlantic alliance. This seems rather … the country which had been destroyed. And you helped us to attain the way of life of a free democracy. When we Berliners speak about you, we think of the cessation of this mounting problem, …

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