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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a White House Reception for Participants in the Youth Volunteer Conference

… dependent on one another. A strong, cooperative community spirit is the heart and soul of our democracy and the key to our quality of life. Your efforts at this national youth volunteer …

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Address at Commencement Exercises at Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois

… the goal of a peaceful community of nations. Only as partners can we defend the values of democracy and human dignity that we hold so dear. There's a single, major issue in our …

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Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1981

… liberty; Bryce Harlow, an architect of public policy whose contributions have strengthened our democracy's political process; Ella Grasso, a genuine public servant who fought against death as … by reading to you something the historian Edward Gibbon wrote about ancient Athens, the first democracy and the fountainhead of Western culture. He wrote that when the Athenians finally …

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Address Before a Joint Session of the Oklahoma State Legislature in Oklahoma City

… of miles away by people for whom no one has ever voted. This isn't freedom. It is not democracy. And it does not work. The time is long overdue for honest men and women at all levels …

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Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce

… help,'' so we can get the economy moving again. Your 70th annual meeting is living proof that democracy and freedom are alive and well in America. But as you know, America is more the …

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Remarks at the Annual Foundation Luncheon of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago in Illinois

… intellectual, traveled through our new country recording his observations in his book, ``Democracy in America.'' The American way of life captured his imagination, especially the …

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Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner for Governor William P. Clements, Jr., in Houston, Texas

… was fortunate enough to be permitted to address a joint session of Parliament in the cradle of democracy, and the Bundestag, the parliament of West Germany. Now, I know you've heard about the …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session on the Program for Economic Recovery With Newspaper Editors and Radio and Television Directors

… that? The President . Again, I don't think it's possible in such a referendum. I believe in democracy, and I believe in the people's right to vote and have defended it very much. But I …

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Remarks at the Mid-Winter Congressional City Conference of the National League of Cities

… taxation, inflation, unemployment, and interest rates. The middle class, the life-blood of democracy and the American way of life, cannot withstand these pressures indefinitely. And the …

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Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National League of Cities in Los Angeles, California

… of the century. City hall, county seats, and State legislatures are the very laboratories of democracy. By removing the possibility of resolving our problems where they occur, too many have …

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