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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 at the Welcoming Ceremony for Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson of Sweden

… whom Americans share many fundamental values: We're both deeply committed to the system of democracy; we are both committed to the protection of the fundamental rights of the individual; …

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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 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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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Area Junior High School Students

… for the world. This is true not just in the many countries that have turned from despotism to democracy these last years, it's also true even where it's least apparent. It's remarkable to … feet of our Founding Fathers when they try to counterfeit the practices and institutions of democracy in order to claim legitimacy for their ruling their people. Dictators today from … by the rest of the world. But America 's world leadership goes well beyond the tide toward democracy. We also find that more countries than ever before are following America 's …

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Remarks at a White House Briefing for Conservative Political Leaders

… principles, that has embraced a forward strategy for freedom, that will proclaim the gospel of democracy and liberty from every mountaintop, and that in this world, this dangerous place, knows …

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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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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 at a Campaign Rally for Senator Chic Hecht in Reno, Nevada

… if you want America to be what F.D.R., Franklin Delano Roosevelt, called a great arsenal of democracy; if, like Harry Truman, you want to continue to help those resisting communism; if you …

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