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Remarks at a Senate Republican Policy Committee Luncheon

… think we must meet the needed reductions. It will be tough, yes. The record suggests that in a democracy the scaling back of domestic spending may well be the most politically difficult act a …

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Toasts at a White House Dinner for the Prince and Princess of Wales

… world conflicts. Today we go on, shoulder to shoulder, in an alliance to protect freedom and democracy. This evening we've gathered on a happy occasion, a celebration of the ``Treasure …

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Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom

… postwar Western Europe. By doing so, he can truly be called one of the architects of Western democracy. He has shunned publicity, believing the cause of freedom is far more important than …

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Public Papers of Ronald Reagan February 1986

… Quality Message to the Congress Transmitting the Annual Report of the National Endowment for Democracy Executive Order 12550 -- Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, …

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Written Responses to Questions Submitted by Southeast Asian Newspapers

… Responses to Questions Submitted by Southeast Asian Newspapers 04/24/1986 … April 24, 1986 Democracy in Asian Countries Q. What do you think will be the impact of the Aquino revolution in … Asian countries? If so, are you going to seize the opportunity to speed up the process of democracy in some of these countries? The President. The U.S. has a fundamental commitment to the … as the situation dictated. I do want to stress, however, the United States' firm support for democracy and constitutional processes. Thailand-U.S. Trade Q. Thailand has expressed …

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Remarks to the Annual Leadership Conference of the American Legion

… is on the side of the free. In our own hemisphere we've witnessed an historic expansion of democracy. Ninety percent of the people of the Americas now live in democratic countries or countries in transition to democracy. And throughout the Third World, the failure of socialism is becoming increasingly …

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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 Following Discussions With Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom

… in Central America, and I assured the Prime Minister of our determination to preserve democracy and to seek peaceful solutions to the problems of that area. We also discussed the …

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Remarks Upon Returning From the Trip to Indonesia and Japan

… Well, prior to leaving, I talked about the winds of freedom, about the resurgence of democracy throughout the world and the solidarity among free people. We returned from Asia more …

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