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The President's News Conference

… called the death squads and the so-called rightists, who, by the same token, don't want democracy. They want to go back to what they've had in this 400-year history. And the El Salvador Government has made great progress in establishing democracy. They're hindered in their fight against the guerrillas by this action behind their … is being assailed from radicals from both sides -- I think our obligation is to try and help democracy triumph there, and this is why we've offered some help. And I must say, when the Vice …

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Remarks at the Bicentennial Observance of the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia

… values around which we now must rally -- human dignity, individual rights, and representative democracy. Our nations share the foundation of common law, separation of powers, and limited …

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Remarks at a Fundraiser for Republican Women Candidates on the Occasion of Susan B. Anthony's Birthday

… that America stands for freedom for humankind. Around the world we're working hard to support democracy and to build peace. And that brings me to our relationship with the Soviet Union. We …

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

… the governmental process. In a fundamental sense, what is at stake is nothing less than our democracy itself. Now, I know the chamber has already been hard at work getting out the word, and …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With the Student Body of Providence-St. Mel High School in Chicago, Illinois

… Q. Mr. President, my name is Matthew Hicks, and my question is if the United States is a democracy, why do we support and are allied to countries such as Argentina and South Africa which … behind the scenes try to persuade them that there is a better way to live. In other words, our democracy. Once to a political leader that you say out in the paper and make a big charge and … but it's kind of difficult. There are some political problems in our own country, in our democracy, because of things that you're doing that aren't democratic.'' But you say it to him …

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The President's News Conference

… Q. Do you think that if the Sandinista government remains in power in Nicaragua that democracy and freedom can survive in Central America? The President. Well, Lou, let me answer it … that then threw out part of its own revolutionary forces because they wanted legitimate democracy, and yet at the same time that it's complaining because those same forces -- those are …

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Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union - February 1985

… have a military-industrial complex until a time of danger, and then it becomes the arsenal of democracy. Spending for defense is investing in things that are priceless -- peace and freedom. … freedom to worship, vote, and create wealth. Our mission is to nourish and defend freedom and democracy, and to communicate these ideals everywhere we can. America's economic success is …

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Remarks in an Interview With Nicholas Ashford and Charles Douglas-Home of the Times of London, Together With Written Responses to Questions

… process, the United States continues to seek Nicaragua's implementation of its commitment to democracy made to the OAS. We also seek an end to Nicaragua's aggression against its neighbors. …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on the London Economic Summit Conference

… a fact of life. Somehow people have felt that that's the way to express their ideas in a democracy. In spite of all of the legitimate channels that are open to them, they take to the …

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Remarks at a California Republican Party Fundraising Dinner in Los Angeles

… was, ``Will El Salvador fall to the Communists?'' Well, today the question is, ``Will democracy win in Nicaragua?'' And tomorrow the question will be, ``How soon?'' We've held firm. …

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