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Remarks to Organization of American States Ambassadors on Pan American Day

… -- justice under law, protection of human rights, and economic and social development. Democracy remains the basic bond of our nations. It is our people's permanent aspiration and, for … the members of this organization govern themselves democratically. As you would agree, it is democracy that gives our people their dignity and hope for the future. A little over a year ago, … interest-free loans, enable Caribbean students to study subjects crucial to development and democracy in their countries. I look upon it as a small part of a broader initiative to …

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Remarks on Departure for Europe

… with pride and hope. We are proud of our Atlantic partnership that anchors the freedom and democracy which our nations have created from the rubble of 40 years ago. Our hopes for the … of how former enemies can be brought together again. What better example of the success of democracy could we find than the strong new democratic systems in Spain and Portugal? We're …

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Written Responses to Questions Submitted by ABC of Spain

… are the issue in Europe do not want to face up to the real issue, which is independence, democracy, and freedom, including free elections. We will continue our efforts to promote basic … make us feel especially close to Spain. We've been very interested in Spain's progress as a democracy -- the form of government we believe in and one which is now the trend in Central and … to deal with it, sir, if it is not a secret? The President. One of the real strengths of a democracy is that people are free to express their views. Our Constitution guarantees the right …

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Statement by Deputy Press Secretary Speakes on the Situation in Central America

… as the democratically elected government. It fails to take into account the need for true democracy as a means to resolve internal problems of the countries of the region. It does not …

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Statement on House of Representatives Approval of the Caribbean Basin Initiative

… the democracies of the New World, and demonstrate for all that prosperity, peace, freedom, and democracy go hand in hand.   … Statement on House of Representatives Approval of the Caribbean …

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Remarks on Signing the Bill of Rights Day and Human Rights Day and Week Proclamation

… in the democracies, in comparison, have spent far too little to offer the world our message of democracy, human rights, and truth. To turn this situation around, I've made supportive democracy a central goal of American foreign policy. And, specifically, to correct these … brave men and women being persecuted for demanding their rights or struggling to establish democracy. With us today in the front rows and on stage are a number of courageous individuals …

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Statement on the Festival of India

… varied civilization which was her personal heritage, as well as of the vitality of the great democracy to which she devoted her life.   … Statement on the Festival of India …

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Address to Members of the British Parliament

… your house. Every American would, because this is, as we have been so eloquently told, one of democracy's shrines. Here the rights of free people and the processes of representation have been … fight against the future. Time is on our side.'' It was easier to believe in the march of democracy in Gladstone's day -- in that high noon of Victorian optimism. We're approaching the … terrible political invention -- totalitarianism. Optimism comes less easily today, not because democracy is less vigorous, but because democracy's enemies have refined their instruments of …

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Remarks to Citizens in Hambach, Federal Republic of Germany

… And it was from this hill on this good soil that freedom was proclaimed and the dream of democracy and national unity came alive in the German soul. I am only a visitor to your country, … people, but that too many Europeans have been forbidden to work for freedom. It's not that democracy was tried and found wanting, but that some forbid democracy to be tried because they knew it would succeed. Europe today -- divided by concrete …

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Toast at the State Dinner Honoring President Alessandro Pertini of Italy

… to death by the Nazis. This kind of brutal experience turned many in those days away from democracy and toward totalitarianism. President Pertini never wavered from his democratic ideals. … its system to the roots. Like Fascists and Nazis, Red Terrorists sought to undermine faith in democracy by demoralizing the people. The Italian people needed a symbol of strength and a symbol …

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