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… 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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… 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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… 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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… Bill of Rights Day, we acknowledge the necessary link between human rights and constitutional democracy. As stated in the Universal Declaration, we must staunchly pursue our conviction that … instinctive desire for freedom and true self-determination have surfaced again and again. Democracy has provided the best and most enduring expression of man's search for individual … circumstances. Such displays of courage can only inspire confidence in the future of democracy for all people. But in December of 1982 our satisfaction in the progress toward human …
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… intrusted to the hands of the American people.'' Now, you may not think of yourself or our democracy as an experiment, but look around. All over the world, millions and millions of people … law under God are realities. Yes, these people see America as the experiment that works. And democracy works because of the physical and moral courage of individuals -- some famous, others … and vibrant. Of course, we're accustomed to thinking of courage during a time of war, but democracy requires political courage as well. In 1954, when he was convalescing from a painful …
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… security. I'm talking about the Soviet-Cuban-Nicaraguan plan to destroy the fragile flower of democracy and force communism on our small Central American neighbors -- a plan that could, for … of the regime's true intent. On March 1st, exiled Nicaraguan leaders, representing a broad pro-democracy movement, met in San Jose, Costa Rica, and made this offer: The freedom fighters in … to a cease-fire if the Communist regime will negotiate, permit free elections and genuine democracy. The answer came back quick, loud, and clear: Forget it. U.S. support for the freedom …
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… as the executive administrator of the university's symposium on ``The Role of the Expert in a Democracy.'' Mr. Fortier is married, has one child, and resides in Bethesda, MD. He was born …
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… Minister's family as they mourn Mrs. Gandhi's death. As Prime Minister of the world's largest democracy and Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, Mrs. Gandhi was a source of global …
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… are on opposite sides of the globe, we share a common bond in the great institution of democracy. Sri Lanka, Mr. President, has a remarkable record among nations which won their … and ethnic groups, we Americans know from experience that there is room for all in a democracy. Dividing your country into separate nations, as some would have you do, is not the … also, Mr. President, just quoted. I pleaded that we should restore to Japan the freedoms of democracy. Those were the ideals which inspired us then and inspire us now. Our history and …
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… celebrate those who, in each generation, have protected those ideals and advanced the cause of democracy. I'm trying to smile, but if I appear as if I'm frowning a little bit, it's those TV … up there -- [laughter] -- so I'm not really frowning at all; I'm squinting. But the cause of democracy, that's a subject of high seriousness when, on a night like this, it's hard to be … around certain things: our central belief that all men are created equal and our belief that democracy is the fairest and most honorable political system yet devised by man. And they seemed …
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