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Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on Domestic and Foreign Policy Issues

… of American States, would support them if their goal was these four things: of promoting democracy, of immediate elections, of a concern for human rights. And the Sandinistas acceded to … countries that are already democracies. Honduras has taken that step; Coast Rica, the oldest democracy of all. And all of them are plagued by radicals in their midst who are encouraged by … a government that is trying to reverse the course, the history of the country and bring about democracy and human rights and the things of that kind, and you have guerrillas that are making …

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Remarks at the Inaugural Anniversary Dinner of the Administration of Ronald Reagan

… of this century. City halls, county seats, and State legislatures are the very laboratories of democracy, and yet in past years we've closed our eyes to their findings. By removing the …

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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for King Hussein I of Jordan

… at the side of the democracies in the contest between fear-inspiring communism and popular democracy.'' Your Majesty, during your reign you have demonstrated the wisdom of your grandfather …

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Remarks at a White House Luncheon for Hispanic Leaders

… and security assistance in the best tradition of President Truman to protect the forces for democracy, economic opportunity, and peace against the expansion of communism. The difference is …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on the Pentagon Report on the Security of United States Marines in Lebanon

… that the worst outcome of all is one in which terrorists succeed in transforming an open democracy into a closed fortress. Now, one fact, though, is already obvious: The problem of …

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The President's News Conference

… I have to call on you. I talked to your boss the other day. Q. Thank you. He enjoyed it. Democracy Project Sir, I want to ask you about a proposal that you are backing that's before the … now. I don't think they've passed it quite yet, but they're about to. It's that project for democracy. It would mean, I believe, that we would provide taxpayers' money and private sector … is for people to go and be the same kind of missionaries and see if they cannot explain democracy. One of the first meetings we had in connection with that was here in this room in …

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Remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Voice of America

… truth. Free men have nothing to fear from it. It remains the ultimate weapon in the arsenal of democracy. Now, of course, I know there's a great deal of discussion about the truth, as if there …

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Remarks on Signing the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982

… people through their elected representatives. It's also a tribute to the strength of our democracy. The Congress has carefully drafted this bill so that it focuses only on those who …

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Remarks of the President and Prime Minister Eugenia Charles of Dominica Announcing the Deployment of United States Forces in Grenada

… the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States to assist in a joint effort to restore order and democracy on the island of Grenada. We acceded to the request to become part of a multinational …

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Joint Statement Following Discussions With Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Federal Republic of Germany

… and the political support which the United States granted to the German people and their young democracy. German-American relations are based on a close affection among our two peoples and are … their resolve to support the Turkish Government in its efforts to lead Turkey back to democracy. The President and the Chancellor expressed confidence that our free societies would …

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