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Remarks to Marine Corps Basic Training Graduates in Parris Island, South Carolina

… -- the duties and responsibilities of citizenship and preserving and defending democracy. Good citizenship is vitally important if democracy is to survive and flourish. It means keeping abreast of the important issues of the day … to fight for your country, for right, and for freedom. Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great. Today the world …

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Toasts at the State Dinner for President Luis Herrera Campíns of Venezuela

… and a country that has chosen a path of principle, one that will have lasting significance. Democracy and respect for human rights is not the easiest course, but it is the most moral. … threatening language can trigger conflicts capable of destroying peace. We are committed to democracy. Neither the traditional dictatorships nor the new leftist totalitarianisms represent … country. We have stretched out a hand to Nicaragua, as Latin America awaits its conversion to democracy after it supported its struggle against a dynastic dictatorship. As long as there …

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Remarks at a White House Luncheon for Elected Republican Women Officials

… that makes the world safer for all of us. Now let me say a few words about El Salvador, a new democracy that is struggling to protect itself from extremists of the right and the left. El … America. This package is urgently needed, and I urge its rapid approval by the Congress. Democracy in El Salvador depends on it. And to those who maybe question whether they really are achieving anything in democracy: Two years ago, observers from our Congress went down to observe those elections. …

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Remarks to the National Conference of State Legislators

… long been based on a simple principle: diplomacy and pressure in support of freedom and democracy must go hand-in-hand. We've seen the success of this two-track approach elsewhere in … early to tell if Daniel Ortega's promises will be matched by true efforts to permit genuine democracy. What is unmistakable is this: Democracy has a chance in Nicaragua because of one factor alone -- the pressure placed on the …

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Proclamation 5012 -- Public Employees' Appreciation Day, 1983

… to play an essential role in ensuring the stability of the world's largest and most successful democracy. Our ability to function effectively in times of trial and upheaval and to prosper when …

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Proclamation 5148 -- Centennial of the Birth of Harry S Truman

… and activities in remembrance of his many accomplishments and dedication to freedom and democracy. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of January, in the year …

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Proclamation 5302 -- Lithuanian Independence Day, 1985

… 1918, to assert their country's independence and commitment to a government based on justice, democracy, and the rights of individuals. Twenty-two years later, Soviet tyranny imposed itself …

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Text of a Foreword Written for Irish Times Magazine on the President's Visit to Ireland

… Americans believe that the tide of history is a freedom tide, and that the values of freedom, democracy and independence that we have developed over the centuries will endure beyond the lives …

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Text of Remarks to the French People on the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-day

… must continue to labor together. Your country and mine belong to an alliance committed to democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law. Of course, membership in the alliance imposes …

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Letter Accepting the Resignation of Robert C. McFarlane as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

… come back. We are deterring, ``Not one square inch of territory has been lost . . .'' and democracy is once more the ascendant model for developing countries everywhere. There is little …

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