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Message to the Congress on America's Agenda for the Future

… the Family of Free Nations In the area of foreign affairs, America will continue to encourage democracy, freedom, and respect for human rights around the world. We will be a strong and … only by a difference in our ``systems.'' The United States is a free and open society, a democracy in which a free press and free speech flourish. The people of the Soviet Union live in … and its opponents -- and lend our support to those who are building the infrastructure of democracy. Failure to sustain other democracies will be very costly in the long run, both …

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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Federal Republic of Germany

… freedom, the common heritage, and civilization of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law. This goal is laid down in the preamble to the … Constitution, especially the Catalog of Basic Rights, owes much to the American experience of democracy. Today there are 245,000 American troops and their families in our country where they …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Trip to Europe

… anniversary of D-day, the great Allied invasion that set Europe on the course toward liberty, democracy, and peace. That great battle and the war it helped bring to an end mark the beginning …

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Bonn Economic Summit Political Declaration on the 40th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War

… We deplore the division of Europe. In our commitment to the ideals of peace, freedom and democracy we seek by peaceful means to lower the barriers that have arisen within Europe. We …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Fiscal Year 1986 Budget

… as I'm President, we're not going back to the days when America was fast becoming an impotent democracy, too weak to meet defense commitments or to resist Communist takeovers and, yes, too …

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Remarks Following Discussions With President Samora Moises Machel of Mozambique

… to encourage the development of democratic government in all the nations of southern Africa. Democracy and the respect for fundamental human liberties are not only consistent with our values …

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Radio Address to the Nation on National Security and Administration Goals

… here the Congress has crucial decisions to make about whether our nation will truly support democracy and help resist tyranny in a region so close to our own borders. My own commitment …

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Toast at the State Dinner in Ottawa, Canada

… and a host of other cooperative endeavors, we continue to stand together for freedom and democracy and for the economic advancement of mankind. Just as the frontier once stretched before …

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Remarks at a White House Briefing for the National Association of Counties

… genuinely believe that the farther representatives are from the people they serve, the better democracy will function. Well, that's an assumption I reject, as I know you do. Democracy depends on government being close to the people. I have a quote that's kind of a … bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy. It is one element that our institution sets up under the pretense of having authority …

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Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers

… first, to offer support to the free nations of the region, to those that have already achieved democracy, and to those that are working toward it in good faith. Democracy in the region has achieved a firm foothold. Costa Rica has long been a healthy democracy. Honduras is making strides, and now, under the leadership of President Duarte and in …

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