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Statement by Secretary of State Shultz Announcing United States Recognition of the Philippine Government of President Corazon C. Aquino

… course, who are the true heroes today. They have high expectations for their country and for democracy, and they have resolved this issue nonviolently in a way that does them honor. Note: …

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Statement by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Speakes on the Conflict in Central America

… responds favorably, we could soon see: 1) a dialog leading to internal reconciliation and democracy in Nicaragua; 2) talks for bringing an end to the conflict in El Salvador; and 3) the …

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Statement by Assistant to the President for Press Relations Fitzwater on Discussions Between the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua

… will work closely with the administration in the effort to secure peace in Central America and democracy in Nicaragua . … Statement by Assistant to the President for Press Relations Fitzwater …

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Statement Reaffirming Support of Statehood for Puerto Rico January 12, 1982 (01/12/1982)

… role in the development of the Caribbean Basin Initiative, and its strong tradition of democracy provides leadership and stability in that region. In statehood, the language and …

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Statement on the 132nd Anniversary of the Birth of Jose Marti

… those celebrating this important and inspiring event. Throughout the struggle for freedom and democracy, men and women of extraordinary dedication have emerged to lead others in the pursuit …

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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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Remarks on Soviet-United States Relations at the Town Hall of California Meeting in Los Angeles

… The Yalta guarantees of freedom and human rights in Eastern Europe became undone. And as democracy died in Poland , the era of allied cooperation ended. What followed is known to us now … of Greece and Turkey and established the principle of assistance to nations struggling for democracy and against the imposition of totalitarian rule. In the 40 years since -- for 8 … was somehow an act of belligerence to proclaim publicly the crucial moral distinctions between democracy and totalitarianism. And in my address to the British Parliament in 1982, when I noted …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Situation in Central America

… 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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