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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for King Juan Carlos I of Spain

… and Queen Sophia to the United States. We welcome you as monarch of Spain and as a champion of democracy. Yesterday, we celebrated Columbus Day. Some 489 years ago, three ships sailing under … that one who traces his lineage to Ferdinand and Isabella now leads Spain into a new era of democracy and freedom. We applaud the sensible path toward political liberty that you've chosen … friendship. Mr. President, for the world and for my country, you embody the great American democracy which during its two centuries of existence, in times of peace as well as times of …

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Proclamation 4882 -- National Family Week

… of America A Proclamation The family is the basic unit of our society, the heart of our free democracy. It provides love, acceptance, guidance, support, and instruction to the individual. …

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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for President Ferdinand E. Marcos of the Philippines

… personally fought so valiantly. The values for which we struggled -- independence, liberty, democracy, justice, equality -- are engraved in our constitutions and embodied in our peoples' … from the Philippines, a part of Asia which has been molded along the principles of American democracy. We learned to love these ideals and principles, and we lost a million of our people … of our fortunes, our lives. But more important of all, our honor will stand for the ideals of democracy that is our legacy from the United States of America. I did not come to burden you …

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Remarks on Signing the National Family Week Proclamation

… is basic to our nation's inner spirit. The family is our school of conscience, of service, of democracy, of love, of all things that we as a people esteem and treasure. Our basic values …

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Statement About Extension of the Voting Rights Act

… an equal vote. The decision we are announcing today benefits all of our citizens by making our democracy stronger and more available to everyone. … Statement About Extension of the Voting …

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Remarks to the People of Brazil Prior to the President's Visit

… Both Brazil and the United States have demonstrated during this same month of November that democracy is the world's best hope for peaceful change and progress. While I am President …

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Remarks to the People of Honduras

… concrete proposals for a comprehensive peace throughout your region. Your transition to democracy answered those who argue that freedom is a luxury that struggling countries cannot …

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Remarks in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Following a Meeting With President Jose Efrain Rios Montt of Guatemala

… assured the President that the United States is committed to support his efforts to restore democracy and to address the root causes of this violent insurgency. I know he wants to improve …

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Proclamation 4912 -- Loyalty Day, 1982

… in the future. It is altogether fitting that we set aside a day for reflection on our stake in democracy and in its highest purpose -- the advancement of the freedom and dignity of mankind. By …

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Toasts of President Reagan and Costa Rican President Luis Alberto Monge Alvarez at a Luncheon Honoring President Reagan in San Jose

… it received in the past damaged its image. The permanent position of Costa Rica in favor of democracy and against all despotism of any ideological side gives an extraordinary moral force to … an army. We believe we deserve more, and more permanent support on behalf of the American democracy. True, the relationship with our country has been respectful without the incidents and …

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