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Remarks to the Volunteers and Staff of "We the People"' in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

… providing for the defense of the Nation, and learning through it all to make this fledgling democracy work. And now it's February 1861. Abraham Lincoln has been making his way slowly …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Supreme Court Nomination of Douglas H. Ginsburg and the Federal Budget

… the judiciary is to interpret the laws, not make them. It means that he believes that in our democracy it is for the elected representatives of the people to make the laws and that unelected …

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Remarks at a Meeting With Soviet High School Students

… States . But you'll have the chance to see it for yourself. And I think you'll find American democracy and our free economy both remarkable and thrilling. What with our political parties and …

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Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade

… by an act of Congress. American working men and women have much of which to be proud. Our democracy is based on their good sense and commitment to liberty. It was the hard work and skill …

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Remarks on Signing the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988

… that Canada and the United States are two distinct variations of a common theme of freedom, democracy, and human rights. As leaders of the free world, Canada and the United States are …

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Message to the Congress on America's Agenda for the Future

… the Family of Free Nations In the area of foreign affairs, America will continue to encourage democracy, freedom, and respect for human rights around the world. We will be a strong and … only by a difference in our ``systems.'' The United States is a free and open society, a democracy in which a free press and free speech flourish. The people of the Soviet Union live in … and its opponents -- and lend our support to those who are building the infrastructure of democracy. Failure to sustain other democracies will be very costly in the long run, both …

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Remarks at a Senate Campaign Fundraising Luncheon for Linda Chavez in Baltimore, Maryland

… under Soviet domination. Linda's opponent actually voted against military aid to the fledgling democracy in El Salvador . I remember when we first came here -- El Salvador struggling against … our backs on that. We had no business trying to be of any help to them. And today they're a democracy. Linda's opponent actually voted against military aid, as I say, to that fledgling democracy. Had her view held sway, the people of El Salvador might be under the heel of a …

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Remarks at the Annual Conference of the Veterans of Foreign Wars

… or teaching America 's young people the meaning of our precious rights through your Voice of Democracy program, the members of the VFW are still on the front lines, still leading the charge, … its 40th anniversary. Its achievement has been simple and historic: 40 years of freedom and democracy in Western Europe -- and without armies clashing anywhere on the continent. Since the … and ocean in this century, Americans have left such stories. Courage is our mark, freedom and democracy our gift to mankind. And you, who know this so well, help us keep it that way forever. …

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Remarks on Signing the Law Day U.S.A. Proclamation

… freedom fighters. Those brave men are fighting to establish respect for human rights, for democracy, and for the rule of law within their own country. Today the House of Representatives … canceled by the House leadership through a backdoor parliamentary maneuver, then the cause of democracy in Nicaragua and the rule of law will be the greatest casualties. I sincerely hope the …

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Public Papers of Ronald Reagan March 1987

… Board Message to the Congress Transmitting the Annual Report of the National Endowment for Democracy Presidential Determination No. 87 - 10 -- Assistance for the Nicaraguan Democratic … 5623 -- Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy, 1987 March 25, 1987   Informal Exchange With Reporters March 26, 1987   Informal …

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