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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan

… improve lives and increase happiness. The bridge to which I refer rests on the firm bedrock of democracy. Today free government and free economics complement one another and are the basis of …

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

… at hand and the alternatives and the consequences. Your function is vital to the viability of democracy. Without a free press democracy won't work, and all of our other rights would be in jeopardy. Thomas Jefferson is often … to work with me to support our peace proposal and not to desert those who are struggling for democracy against the Communists. Together, we can prevent a crisis from happening. And I'd like …

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Remarks at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana

… make up the doers, the dreamers, and the lifebuilders without which our glorious experiment in democracy would have failed. This convention brings back so many memories to a fellow like me. I … our Armed Forces. We liberated Grenada from the Communists and helped return that island to democracy. We struck a firm blow against Libyan terrorism. We've seen the growth of democracy in 90 percent of Latin America . The Soviets have begun to pull out of Afghanistan . …

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The President's News Conference

… that the best way, it is argued, to oppose the Communist insurgency is to back the forces of democracy. What about that? The President. Well, we're backing the forces of democracy, and the people there are voting, and they're holding their own election, and the only … tell you we hope we can be of help as this interim government goes forward to try to institute democracy there in Haiti. Our participation in Duvalier's leaving was that of providing an …

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Remarks on Signing the Bill of Rights Day and the Human Rights Day and Week Proclamation

… tangible evidence of our concern. In the Western Hemisphere, where so much progress toward democracy has been made, Cuba stands out as the country where institutionalized totalitarianism … human being. Thus, they brought into existence a form of limited government -- representative democracy -- whose powers are circumscribed by law and whose legitimacy derives from the consent …

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Remarks at a White House Meeting With 1984 Reagan-Bush Campaign Supporters

… rebuilding of our military. We had boldly restated the fundamental, moral difference between democracy and communism. And in 1983 we had begun the Strategic Defense Initiative, an initiative …

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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson of Sweden

… whom Americans share many fundamental values: We're both deeply committed to the system of democracy; we are both committed to the protection of the fundamental rights of the individual; …

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Remarks on Signing the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 in Long Beach, California

… -- from the freedom of the human soul to the freedom of choice that is the hallmark of our democracy to, yes, the freedom we speak of today, the freedom to exchange goods, services, and …

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Remarks at a Dinner for Former Members of the Office of Strategic Services

… of the people of Latin America are living in democratic nations or nations moving toward democracy -- a striking change from only a few years ago. Many Asian and European countries are …

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Remarks on Receiving the Final Report of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control in the Federal Government

… in decline and a nation in decay. Faith in our democratic system -- and without that faith democracy simply can't work -- was being undermined. As James Madison said, ``It's the gradual …

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