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Radio Address to the Nation on the Presidential Election and Veterans Day

… President-elect Bush said it well the other day: `` We can now speak the most majestic words a democracy has to offer: The people have spoken.'' Only twice in our history -- during the dark …

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Remarks at a White House Luncheon Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America

… special moments. On Inauguration Day I spoke of the American sound -- those symbols of our democracy and echoes of our past that give us purpose and guide us forward. And I said that sound …

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Remarks at the Annual Conference of the Council of the Americas

… Rafael Hernandez Colon, with us today, for the support that you've given to help us promote democracy and economic progress in the entire Caribbean region. Now, last week I met with … economic situation and making great progress in its efforts to develop the institutions of democracy. I couldn't help but remember how close the House vote was last year on the crucial …

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Written Responses to Questions Submitted by the Mexican Newspaper Notimex

… regime is out of step with the rest of Central America , which has moved decisively toward democracy in the last decade. Simply put, attention has focused on Nicaraguan compliance, because … not up to us; that's a decision the Nicaraguan people must be allowed to make for themselves. Democracy and development are at the heart of our policy there. The monopoly ambitions of the …

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Remarks to the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

… those who would still their voices by turning out to vote in great number. In the Far East , democracy has taken unprecedented strides in such countries as South Korea and the Philippines . … have been battling for the soul of their homeland continue to be the best hope for freedom and democracy in Nicaragua . I'm troubled by something else as well. The 1980's have been the glory … is the best example we have to show the less fortunate peoples of the world how freedom and democracy create friendship and comity between peoples and nations. But 40 years after the North …

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Remarks to Ethnic and Minority Administration Supporters on the Supreme Court Nomination of Douglas H

… the law -- no matter how high or fine their intentions -- to that extent, we cease to be a democracy governed by the people and become governed instead by the very few. This is not what the Founders like Madison intended. To keep faith with their noble experiment in democracy, to keep faith with the generations of Americans who for two centuries have labored and …

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Letter Accepting the Resignation of Edward J. Rollins, Jr., as Assistant to the President for Political and Governmental Affairs

… off the defensive in the world and began to promote the ideals of liberty, peace, trade and democracy that nurtured our forefathers before us. A time when the life of ordinary Americans …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on Announcing the Appointment of Philip C. Habib as Special Envoy for Central America

… Nicaraguan people, just like the Filipino people, have the right to self-determination through democracy. And we in this administration and in Congress must now decide whether Nicaragua is to … week with President Duarte to discuss his peace initiative. And our task is to ensure that democracy can succeed. We will continue to make every effort, as we have in the past, to pursue … as I say, we're faced with a choice. We're either going to keep on bringing along the wave of democracy that has been sweeping over Latin America, or we're going to sit back and allow a …

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Joint Honduras-United States Communique

… May 21, 1985, with full commitment of their Governments to the ideals of justice, liberty and democracy that the people of the Western Hemisphere seek, and recognizing the critical situation …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Resignation of Howard Baker as Chief of Staff to the President and the Administration's Agenda

… will open, not close, markets; or helping freedom fighters around the world. But that's what democracy is all about -- a big agenda, America 's agenda, for all of us to work on together, to …

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