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… on which the United States has sought to base its foreign policies: to promote and defend democracy, protect the rights of the individual, and ensure freedom from international tyranny. … the freedom, common heritage and civilization of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law». These values are still not universally …
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… Buried in this equivalence is the night and day disparity between the u.s:s supporting democracy and the U.S.S.R:s fortifying gulags. Which leads me to still another equivalence … ADI.;s Haym Salomon Award for his commitment to "his fellow man, to Judaism and to American democracy:• The presentation • was made by Maxwell E. Greenberg, honorary national chairman. …
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… State. "The New England town meeting maintains its position as the closest example of pure democracy. New Hampshire towns lead in governing themselves by these means. The departments of … Annin Flag Co., Roseland, NJ (201/228-9400); "The U.S. Constitution: A Design for Democracy" film strip and video from Society for Visual Education, Chicago, IL (312/525-1500); …
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… He became chairman of the State Council (chief of state) in 1967; chairman of the Socialist Democracy United Front (a front mass organization serving the party) in 1968; chairman of the … member in 1979 (and a full member in 1983); a member of the Executive Bureau of the Socialist Democracy United Front and secretary of the Grand National Assembly {parliament) in 1980; and …
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… and I intend to make sure that we do just that. America's foreign policy supports freedom, democracy, and human dignity for all mankind, and we make no apologies for it. The opportunity … those opportunities belong to all people as God-given birthrights and because by promoting democracy and economic opportunity, we make peace more secure. Democratic nations do not wage war …
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… together, that sense of community and shared values, that belief in American enterprise and democracy that saw us through. It was that engrained American optimism, that sense of hope … this point. Mr. Revel points out that some people are embarrassed to call the struggle between democracy and totalitarianism by its own name and prefer euphemisms like the ``competition …
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… hill -- it's more than fitting that we meet here in a cradle -- one of the cradles of American democracy. You are a peace-loving people. But the citizens of Lancaster have always been in the … But we know that the Sandinistas immediately began to persecute the genuine believers in democracy, to export terror. They went on to slaughter the Miskito Indians, abuse and deport …
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… fighters, there would be no Arias peace plan, there would be no negotiations and no hope for democracy in Nicaragua . An entrenched, hostile, Communist regime in Nicaragua would be an … waiting game. They will have no incentive to negotiate, no incentive to make real steps toward democracy. If we're serious about this peace process, we must keep the freedom fighters alive and …
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… view but it does reserve the right - the same right accorded to any group, any individual in a democracy which holds freedom of speech as a central element, as a matter of public interest - to … not compatible with a reasonably human social existence. For example, no one who believed in democracy and freedom could conceive that simply because a considerable catchment of people in … of consensus - consensus that is maintained freely in open discussion. That is the essence of democracy. Even among groups which hold conflicting diverged views about certain subjects there …
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… there's a different attitude now. Most Americans have come to realize that our country-as a democracy-is only going to try to do those things that are right. Democracies don't start wars; and no democracy ever got into a war by being too strong. It reflects well on the character of our … ideals . But sometimes, the flag is ruffled from within-from Americans whose expression of democracy demands an opportunity to differ with the status quo. Ironica lly , that very freedom …
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