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Toronto Economic Summit Conference Political Declaration

… within the framework of our existing alliances for the cause of freedom, to safeguard democracy and the prosperity which it has produced. In our discussions we considered how these …

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The President's News Conference

… is not the time to reverse that process. So, there's no argument that all of us seek peace and democracy in Nicaragua , and the difference is how to achieve that goal. On February 3d, Congress … for freedom in Nicaragua at the mercy of the Communist regime and expect the process toward democracy to move ahead. We've already seen what happens when pressure is removed. In just 2 … and we are making our own feelings clear that they should be working toward a multiracial democracy and not oppressing political organizations there. And we've made our feelings clear …

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Remarks to the World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts in Springfield

… to how unlikely the prospects for freedom seemed at the start of this decade. You can recall democracy on the defensive in country after country, an unparalleled buildup of nuclear arms, … was no longer enough, that the expansion of human freedom was our goal. We spoke for democracy, and we said that we would work for the day when the people of every nation enjoyed the … making a moral and spiritual point. And in doing this, we offered hope for the future, for democracy; and we showed we had retained that gift for dreaming that marked this continent and …

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Toast at a Luncheon Hosted by President Miguel De la Madrid Hurtado in Mazatlan, Mexico

… raise their families in peace and freedom and prosperity. And that is why our commitment to democracy in our hemisphere must be unshakable. Totalitarian societies -- such as those in the …

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Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner for Senator Mack Mattingly in Atlanta, Georgia

… why we call it America's tax plan. Now, there are cynics, as Mack said, who suggest that democracy has become so partisan that such fundamental reform is impossible. Well, we've all … them defend themselves. And we must lend our support to those freedom fighters struggling for democracy in Nicaragua. This is a matter of the freedom of our friends and neighbors and the …

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Address Before a Joint Session of Congress on the State of the Union - 1986

… must prepare for peace not only by reducing weapons but by bolstering prosperity, liberty, and democracy however and wherever we can. We advance the promise of opportunity every time we speak … those imprisoned in regimes held captive, to those beaten for daring to fight for freedom and democracy -- for their right to worship, to speak, to live, and to prosper in the family of free … for the security of our frontiers, for the protection of our vital interests, than to achieve democracy in Nicaragua and to protect Nicaragua's democratic neighbors. This year I will be …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Southeast Regional Editors and Broadcasters

… a term of derogation imposed on them by the Sandinistas. These are people who are fighting for democracy and freedom in their country. And here there's no question about my being informed. … wrong, and I don't see anything wrong with other countries that share our feeling about democracy -- even though this is in this hemisphere -- would come to the aid of these freedom … in which we have been -- the democratic nations of the world, together -- trying to help democracy. Q. Mr. President, my name is Tim Kent from WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina. I don't …

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Remarks Announcing the Resignation of Robert C. McFarlane as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Appointment of John M. Poindexter

… think philosophers have devoted a great amount of thought to whether or not intrinsic flaws in democracy and free enterprise would, over time, lead such systems to decline. And I think it's … economic, and moral incentives to lead these countries in the post-colonial period to adopt democracy, free enterprise? With regard to East-West relations, after the enormously successful …

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Inaugural Address 1985

… we think of those who traveled before us. We stand again at the steps of this symbol of our democracy -- well, we would have been standing at the steps if it hadn't gotten so cold. [Laughter] Now we're standing inside this symbol of our democracy, and we see and hear again the echoes of our past: a general falls to his knees in the …

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Remarks at the Annual Republican Congressional Fundraising Dinner

… speech I was being hanged, the crowd would be twice as big.'' [Laughter] "Success in a democracy,'' as Churchill pointed out, "has little to do with pleasing the crowd and a lot to do … freedom to be snuffed out in Nicaragua, if we cower and refuse to support those who fight for democracy, our country will pay dearly for our lack of courage. I received a letter signed by …

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