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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 International Violence and Democratic Values

… those they fear most, their own people, to prevent them from even entertaining the hope that democracy will some day come to their own country. And that's why so many dictators have a …

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Remarks to the Volunteers and Staff of "We the People"' in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

… providing for the defense of the Nation, and learning through it all to make this fledgling democracy work. And now it's February 1861. Abraham Lincoln has been making his way slowly …

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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 a Reagan-Bush Rally in Decatur, Illinois

… A century and a half ago, a young Frenchman named Alexis de Tocqueville toured our fledgling democracy, and he claimed that he was in search of the secret of our greatness, even that -- 150 …

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Toasts of the President and Ambassador Rinaldo Petrignani at the Italian Embassy Luncheon Commemorating Columbus Day

… all free men, an irreplaceable guarantee for the protection and the expansion of freedom and democracy in this continent, in Europe, in the entire world. Your gesture today, Mr. President, …

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Remarks on Signing the National Hispanic Heritage Week Proclamation

… who come from Hispanic backgrounds. It allows us to reflect on the fundamental meaning of democracy, which must be synonymous with opportunity for all people So, I will now sign the …

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Remarks at a Luncheon With Community Leaders in Fairbanks, Alaska

… live at peace in the world together. If they prefer socialism or communism and we prefer the democracy that we have -- we may know that ours is best, but -- [laughter] -- we won't say that … have, from the bargaining table. In Central America, our friends are not only struggling for democracy; they're battling for their lives against a Soviet-sponsored Nicaraguan power play. Our …

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Remarks on Awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Late Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington

… And from then until the day he died, he rejected isolationism as an acceptable way for a great democracy to comport itself in the world. This view sprang from the heart of the F.D.R. tradition … that America could not and must not attempt to float along alone, a blissful island of democracy in a sea of totalitarianism. Scoop Jackson was convinced that there's no place for …

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