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Statement on the Failure of the Senate to Confirm the Supreme Court Nomination of Robert H. Bork

… restraint: that a judge is bound by the Constitution to interpret laws, not make them. In our democracy, it is the elected representatives of the people, not unelected judges, who make laws. …

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Radio Address to the Nation on Relations With Mexico and Canada

… And this is why the United States will continue to support those fighting for freedom and democracy in Nicaragua. Permit me to turn now to Canada, our neighbor to the north. Last March I … in the defense of North America and are partners in the NATO alliance. We share a tradition of democracy and political stability and a firm commitment to economic growth. We're not only …

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Written Responses to Questions on Central America Submitted by Radio Marti

… are in Nicaragua to help them harvest their coffee crop? What we are doing is supporting democracy in Nicaragua and all the people who seek to build it. They're the real revolutionaries. … never shied away from negotiations as a solution, but we would want them to result in a real democracy in Nicaragua in which all sectors of the Nicaraguan society are really free to … history that a Communist regime, having consolidated totalitarian control, was replaced by a democracy. The world has now seen the proof -- the old idea that communism is irreversible is …

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Remarks on Departure for Indonesia and Japan

… winds, sweeping out the old and, I believe, ushering in a new era of freedom, an era in which democracy is once again recognized as the new idea. So, this is an exciting time, and I expect …

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Radio Address to the Nation on Soviet-United States Relations

… when he said that he hoped the Soviets would work with us after the war for a world of democracy and peace. With this prayer in his heart, F.D.R. went to the Yalta Conference in 1945 … against totalitarianism, particularly imperialistic expansionist totalitarianism. We are for democracy and human rights, and we're for a worldwide prosperity that only free economies can …

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Radio Address to the Nation on Foreign Policy

… of which to be proud, so much that others can only dream of, most of all our freedom and our democracy; and we stand for so much that is good and decent and honorable in the world. When I … the case in the Philippines right now -- those economies are troubled. Others struggle toward democracy or economic strength, or both. And too many others still live in lands that know …

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

… human rights on this day? Well, there are many encouraging signs. Less than a decade ago, democracy seemed in retreat. Communism, which has turned the suppression of human rights into a … free. Since the beginning of the decade, we have witnessed one of the greatest expansions of democracy on record. Latin America , once the bastion of the caudillo, the Latin strongman, is … the two great oceans, were put here to be found by people with a special love of freedom. Democracy and human rights are the birthright of all Americans. We should not be satisfied until …

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Remarks at a White House Briefing for Supporters of Tax Reform and United States Assistance for the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance

… will be deciding if the United States is to help those Nicaraguans who are fighting for democracy in their native land. Providing this assistance is both a moral imperative and the … aid those struggling for their liberty and independence. As Americans, we're the arsenal for democracy, the keepers of the flame that Jefferson wrote about when he penned these words: ``. . … and to win the day. In recent years we've witnessed in the Americas the greatest expansion of democracy in this century. Today 90 percent of the people of the Western Hemisphere -- North, …

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Statement on House of Representatives Disapproval of United States Assistance for the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance

… of today and those that will take place over the next week are preparation for the day when democracy returns to Nicaragua. A chance to realize that, while democratic peoples are sometimes …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Deployment of United States Forces to Honduras and the Strategic Defense Initiative

… our hemisphere. Back in the early 1980's, there were those who argued that the prospects for democracy in Central America were bleak and we would do little to prevent Marxist dictatorships … month, the United States had been aiding the freedom fighters who've been trying to restore democracy by resisting the regime of Soviet-backed Sandinista Communists. However, just as the …

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