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Remarks at a Campaign Fundraiser for William Clements in Dallas, Texas

… mainland. But today there are about 20,000 freedom fighters who need our help in restoring democracy to that country. And a few weeks ago we won a crucial vote in the House of …

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Address to a Joint Session of Parliament in Ottawa, Canada

… was soon to be swallowed up as well. But those who might have been expecting a picture of democracy in retreat got something very different from that indomitable spirit. ``We have not …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Students of John A. Holmes High School of Edenton, North Carolina

… of your day. It also means voting. To vote is to take part in this grand experiment called democracy in America. It's your right and your responsibility to take part. Good citizenship also …

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Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Independent Schools

… not for its own sake, but as a way of instilling a virtue that is central to life in our democracy -- self-discipline. And if it is sometimes difficult to assert rightful authority, we …

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Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association in Atlanta, Georgia

… so we can put real teeth into the principle of equal protection from discrimination. In a democracy, there is no greater expression of equal opportunity than the right to vote. And I am …

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Address at Commencement Exercises at Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois

… the goal of a peaceful community of nations. Only as partners can we defend the values of democracy and human dignity that we hold so dear. There's a single, major issue in our …

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Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1981

… liberty; Bryce Harlow, an architect of public policy whose contributions have strengthened our democracy's political process; Ella Grasso, a genuine public servant who fought against death as … by reading to you something the historian Edward Gibbon wrote about ancient Athens, the first democracy and the fountainhead of Western culture. He wrote that when the Athenians finally …

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Address to the Nation on the Federal Budget and Deficit Reduction

… dollars the American people have contributed to our defense are stealing from the arsenal of democracy the very weapons our young men need to defend freedom. And our tolerance of this …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a Los Angeles World Affairs Council Luncheon in California

… policy of global expansionism. In the last few years we've seen a new trend -- the spread of democracy from Latin America to the Philippines along with a worldwide revolution in economic …

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The President's News Conference

… fact that we have been helping them. Now, they really showed that there is a real desire for democracy there, and I am therefore going to be optimistic about what happens and avoid a …

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