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Toasts at the State Dinner for Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada

… with 59 percent.'' [Laughter] Look, I'll settle for 39 percent. [Laughter] Every leader of a democracy knows the turbulence and the challenges that free societies exemplify. Every leader …

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Remarks to Captive Nations Conference Participants

… in its history. Yes, we have our differences, and at times politics can get pretty rough. Democracy is not for weak spirits. Whatever problems we have, whatever differences we have, …

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Remarks at the Annual Republican Congressional Fundraising Dinner

… the expansion of freedom around the world. We sent a new message of strength by restoring democracy in Grenada . And by supporting courageous freedom fighters around the world, we're …

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The President's News Conference

… appears your defiance was aimed at the Senate, weren't you, in reality, defying the working of democracy in America , while advocating democracy around the world? The President. I think that this selection of a judge -- and what you were referring to as democracy -- I think was totally out of line with what the procedure should be. We were not …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With the Students and Faculty at Moscow State University

… population is now getting its first taste of economic freedom. At the same time, the growth of democracy has become one of the most powerful political movements of our age. In Latin America in … are the order of the day. Throughout the world, free markets are the model for growth. Democracy is the standard by which governments are measured. We Americans make no secret of our … is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.'' Democracy is less a system of government than it is a system to keep government limited, …

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Address Before a Joint Session of Congress on the State of the Union - 1987

… to see how this nation responds. Today over 90 percent of the people of Latin America live in democracy. Democracy is on the march in Central and South America. Communist Nicaragua is the odd man out -- …

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Remarks to the Volunteers and Staff of the United Way of America in Alexandria, Virginia

… in behalf of the need.'' And he added a line there, in that book that he was writing about democracy in America , in which he said: " And you won't believe it, but there was never a …

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Remarks to Members of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists

… later, the cartoons of Thomas Nast helped wash the soil of corruption from the fabric of democracy. As Boss Tweed said, and I'll quote: ``I don't care a straw for newspaper articles. My …

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Address to High School Students on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday

… if the U.S.A. continues to serve as a beacon of hope and opportunity to all mankind. In a democracy like ours, it's not enough just to believe in something; we must get involved and speak …

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Remarks Following Discussions With Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita of Japan

… to the Aquino government and to welcome the Republic of Korea 's firm stride along the road of democracy, as evident in the recent Presidential election, as well as to cooperate closely …

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