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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

… Queen Wilhelmina came to Washington and spoke to a joint meeting of our Congress. She said, ``Democracy is our most precious heritage. We cannot breathe in the sullen atmosphere of despotic …

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Remarks Following Discussions With Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom

… in Central America, and I assured the Prime Minister of our determination to preserve democracy and to seek peaceful solutions to the problems of that area. We also discussed the …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville

… most outlandish and dreamiest of prospects. But consider for just a moment the striving for democracy that we have seen in places like the Philippines, Burma, Korea, Chile, Poland, South … the concentration of power. Our foreign relations embrace this expanding world of democracy that I've described. Theirs can be known by the company they keep: Cuba , Nicaragua , … not an act of belligerence to speak to the fundamental differences between totalitarianism and democracy; it's a moral imperative. It doesn't slow down the pace of negotiations; it moves them …

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Radio Address to the Nation on American International Broadcasting

… is as natural and necessary to the survival of their dictatorship as free speech is to our democracy. That's why they devote such enormous resources to block our broadcasts inside …

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Radio Address to the Nation on Education

… in this country. America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of knowledge and opportunity to all citizens, …

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Remarks at the Reopening of the Press Briefing Room at the White House

… with lightheartedness, I don't need to stress the serious and essential role you play in our democracy. The public depends on you to keep them informed about what we're really doing here and …

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Remarks at the Welcoming Ceremony for Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan

… improve lives and increase happiness. The bridge to which I refer rests on the firm bedrock of democracy. Today free government and free economics complement one another and are the basis of …

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Remarks at a Meeting With Editors and Publishers of Trade Magazines

… representative government, a foreign policy that calls for a global crusade for freedom and democracy. It's this combination of strategic strength and rhetorical candor that for the first …

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Toasts of President Reagan and President Soeharto of Indonesia at the State Dinner

… with regard to the noble values which we hold dearly -- such as freedom and independence, democracy and humanitarianism. We perceive the manifestation of such friendship from the deep …

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Toasts of the President and Secretary General Joseph M.A.H. Luns at a Dinner Honoring the NATO Foreign Ministers on the 35th Anniversary of the North Atlantic Alliance

… history. And today our proud alliance remains united in its commitment to the defense of democracy and individual liberty. We cannot be content with the accomplishments of the past. As …

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