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Statement on Signing the Food Security Act of 1985

… our sugar program while encouraging them to maintain a stable course toward development with democracy. The inclusion of a dairy assessment tax, which will tax all milk producers to fund a …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Supreme Court Nomination of Anthony M. Kennedy, Central America, and Deficit Reduction

… in Central America in the coming days, the United States will continue to stress that democracy must come first. As Nobel Prize winner President Arias has said: `` The day the …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Presidential Election and Veterans Day

… President-elect Bush said it well the other day: `` We can now speak the most majestic words a democracy has to offer: The people have spoken.'' Only twice in our history -- during the dark …

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Letter to the Chairmen of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Situation in Zimbabwe

… those contained in Annex C. Zimbabwe continues to be a functioning, multi-party, parliamentary democracy in which the rights of the population as set forth in the constitution are respected. …

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Remarks of the President and Prime Minister Francisco Pinto Balsemao of Portugal Following Their Meetings

… Prime Minister my personal admiration and that of all Americans for the continued progress of democracy in Portugal. The Portuguese experience has shown how, given a chance, people will …

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Remarks at a White House Luncheon Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America

… special moments. On Inauguration Day I spoke of the American sound -- those symbols of our democracy and echoes of our past that give us purpose and guide us forward. And I said that sound …

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Remarks at a Republican Party Reception in Atlanta, Georgia

… bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy. It is the one element of our institution -- that our institutions set up -- they set …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Budget Deficit, Central America, and Lebanon

… for reducing wasteful government spending. We should examine them together. Uniting to promote democracy, peace, and prosperity in the troubled region of Central America is a second area where …

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Remarks to Ethnic and Minority Administration Supporters on the Supreme Court Nomination of Douglas H

… the law -- no matter how high or fine their intentions -- to that extent, we cease to be a democracy governed by the people and become governed instead by the very few. This is not what the Founders like Madison intended. To keep faith with their noble experiment in democracy, to keep faith with the generations of Americans who for two centuries have labored and …

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Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina

… won't work. We can only keep our families safe and our country at peace when the enemies of democracy know America has the courage to stay strong. And Jesse Helms and I intend to make sure … no mistake: The United States must and will support our friends who are building and defending democracy in Central America. We will not permit dictators to ram communism down the throats of …

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