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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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The President's News Conference

… is not the time to reverse that process. So, there's no argument that all of us seek peace and democracy in Nicaragua , and the difference is how to achieve that goal. On February 3d, Congress … for freedom in Nicaragua at the mercy of the Communist regime and expect the process toward democracy to move ahead. We've already seen what happens when pressure is removed. In just 2 … and we are making our own feelings clear that they should be working toward a multiracial democracy and not oppressing political organizations there. And we've made our feelings clear …

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

… a term of derogation imposed on them by the Sandinistas. These are people who are fighting for democracy and freedom in their country. And here there's no question about my being informed. … wrong, and I don't see anything wrong with other countries that share our feeling about democracy -- even though this is in this hemisphere -- would come to the aid of these freedom … in which we have been -- the democratic nations of the world, together -- trying to help democracy. Q. Mr. President, my name is Tim Kent from WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina. I don't …

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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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Remarks to the Winners of the Bicentennial of the Constitution Essay Competition

… ideal and moral precept upon which our country is founded -- even they put on the pretense of democracy, aping our Constitution and its democratic forms. We know only too well that the ideals …

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