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Remarks Announcing Bipartisan Support for Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Legislation

… our national house in order and finally live within our means. The great saving strength of democracy is that we can confront the truth about ourselves. Individuals of vision, courage, and …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Supreme Court Nomination of Douglas H. Ginsburg and the Federal Budget

… the judiciary is to interpret the laws, not make them. It means that he believes that in our democracy it is for the elected representatives of the people to make the laws and that unelected …

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Remarks at a Meeting With Soviet High School Students

… States . But you'll have the chance to see it for yourself. And I think you'll find American democracy and our free economy both remarkable and thrilling. What with our political parties and …

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Remarks at the Annual Conference of the Council of the Americas

… Rafael Hernandez Colon, with us today, for the support that you've given to help us promote democracy and economic progress in the entire Caribbean region. Now, last week I met with … economic situation and making great progress in its efforts to develop the institutions of democracy. I couldn't help but remember how close the House vote was last year on the crucial …

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Written Responses to Questions Submitted by the Mexican Newspaper Notimex

… regime is out of step with the rest of Central America , which has moved decisively toward democracy in the last decade. Simply put, attention has focused on Nicaraguan compliance, because … not up to us; that's a decision the Nicaraguan people must be allowed to make for themselves. Democracy and development are at the heart of our policy there. The monopoly ambitions of the …

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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 to the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

… those who would still their voices by turning out to vote in great number. In the Far East , democracy has taken unprecedented strides in such countries as South Korea and the Philippines . … have been battling for the soul of their homeland continue to be the best hope for freedom and democracy in Nicaragua . I'm troubled by something else as well. The 1980's have been the glory … is the best example we have to show the less fortunate peoples of the world how freedom and democracy create friendship and comity between peoples and nations. But 40 years after the North …

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Remarks at a White House Luncheon for the National Hispanic Leadership Conference

… course for the rest of Central America. The United States has a balanced policy -- supporting democracy, effective negotiations, economic aid, and security assistance. The focus of our commitment is countering aggression. We face one of the major challenges to democracy in our time. Debate on this issue has strayed too far from reality. If we mean to …

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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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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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