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Radio Address to the Nation on the Supreme Court Nomination of Robert H. Bork

… appointees to propaganda torture tests does terrible damage to the underlying values of this democracy and the safeguards of our freedoms.'' But despite these courageous words from a few …

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Proclamation 5921 -- Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 1988

… continue this effort, and to stand in solidarity with those who resist, until the blessings of democracy, freedom, and respect for human dignity are assured throughout the world. Now, …

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Toasts at the State Dinner for Prime Minister Jacques Chirac of France

… were able to take almost for granted certain shared values. Yet these values -- liberty, democracy, the dignity of each individual -- these values are sacred. And nowhere are they more … diversity. In Africa, she's fighting attempts of destabilization. In Latin America, defending democracy against dictatorship. In the Middle East, she wishes to engage in dialog with all …

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Toast at a White House Dinner Honoring the Nation's Governors

… also remembered that part of federalism is recognizing that the States are laboratories of democracy. And so, we've tried to get Congress to follow the lead of the States in one of the …

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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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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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