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… overcome in order to ensure that future generations will continue to enjoy the fruits of democracy and freedom. It has taken enormous energy and commitment. With courage and tenacity you … will be most grateful. You can be especially proud of your strong leadership in bringing democracy to Portugal. So, all, please join me in a toast to Prime Minister Soares and the …
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… we need your support for both a strong defense and a strong deterrent against aggression. In a democracy, no policy can be sustained without such public support, but the Soviet Union is not a democracy. We see this in its internal structure, in its treatment of the individual, and in the …
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… when he said that he hoped the Soviets would work with us after the war for a world of democracy and peace. With this prayer in his heart, F.D.R. went to the Yalta Conference in 1945 … against totalitarianism, particularly imperialistic expansionist totalitarianism. We are for democracy and human rights, and we're for a worldwide prosperity that only free economies can …
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… of which to be proud, so much that others can only dream of, most of all our freedom and our democracy; and we stand for so much that is good and decent and honorable in the world. When I … the case in the Philippines right now -- those economies are troubled. Others struggle toward democracy or economic strength, or both. And too many others still live in lands that know …
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… human rights on this day? Well, there are many encouraging signs. Less than a decade ago, democracy seemed in retreat. Communism, which has turned the suppression of human rights into a … free. Since the beginning of the decade, we have witnessed one of the greatest expansions of democracy on record. Latin America , once the bastion of the caudillo, the Latin strongman, is … the two great oceans, were put here to be found by people with a special love of freedom. Democracy and human rights are the birthright of all Americans. We should not be satisfied until …
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… of the most cherished of our birthrights as American citizens. When practiced, it enriches our democracy; when threatened, it must be protected. On November 6th of last year, in recognition of …
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… States now stands at a moment of judgment. Experience has shown that a policy of support for democracy, economic opportunity, and security will best serve the people of Central America and … help the democratic center prevail over tyrants of the left or the right. But if we abandon democracy in Nicaragua, if we tolerate the consolidation of a surrogate state in Central America, …
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… fundamental elements of our experience are valid for the rest of the world -- the elements of democracy and economic freedom. Indeed, I believe that the world of the future can be just that … growth along the Pacific rim has been little short of incredible. There's been a victory for democracy in the Philippines . And more recently, a second victory for democracy in South Korea , where a free-market economy is already established and flourishing. In …
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… session of the British Parliament. It seemed fitting to build my speech around the concept of democracy which that ``Mother of Parliaments'' represents. We sought to articulate the deep and … nations which seek to emulate its experience but to all of us who seek renewal of our faith in democracy. You can understand, Madam Prime Minister, why we are honored to have you here. It's … Madam Prime Minister, I raise my glass to you as the distinguished leader of a great sister democracy and to the friendship between our two proud, free peoples. Thank you. The Prime …
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… our hemisphere. Back in the early 1980's, there were those who argued that the prospects for democracy in Central America were bleak and we would do little to prevent Marxist dictatorships … month, the United States had been aiding the freedom fighters who've been trying to restore democracy by resisting the regime of Soviet-backed Sandinista Communists. However, just as the …
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