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… which threatened your freedoms in the late 1970's. The commitment of the Turkish people to democracy is obviously very strong. Turkey 's economic potential has always been very great. I …

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Remarks at the Veterans Day Ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

… of the Vietnam war . Both sides spoke with honesty and fervor. And what more can we ask in our democracy? And yet after more than a decade of desperate boat people, after the killing fields of …

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Public Papers of Ronald Reagan  April 1988

… Executive Order 12634 -- Delegating Authority to Provide Assistance and Support for Peace, Democracy, and Reconciliation in Central America   Proclamation 5788 -- National Former Prisoners …

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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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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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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 Following Discussions With Prime Minister Robert Hawke of Australia

… of Australia's 1988 bicentennial. Our countries share many historical experiences: our love of democracy, our frontier heritage, and our common defense of freedom from the First and Second …

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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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Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Council

… we're against but on what we're for. And we are against totalitarianism. We're for freedom and democracy -- for them without hesitation or apology, and virtually, I would venture, without … join together to help restore the economies of two countries: one, the Philippines, an heroic democracy ravaged by Communist-led insurrection; the other, Afghanistan, a victim of brutal … my visit to Moscow, the countries of the Soviet bloc as well. I believe that the house of democracy's current consensus for strength and growth will usher in a new age of which we can …

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