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Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association in Atlanta, Georgia

… so we can put real teeth into the principle of equal protection from discrimination. In a democracy, there is no greater expression of equal opportunity than the right to vote. And I am …

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Address at Commencement Exercises at Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois

… the goal of a peaceful community of nations. Only as partners can we defend the values of democracy and human dignity that we hold so dear. There's a single, major issue in our …

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Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1981

… liberty; Bryce Harlow, an architect of public policy whose contributions have strengthened our democracy's political process; Ella Grasso, a genuine public servant who fought against death as … by reading to you something the historian Edward Gibbon wrote about ancient Athens, the first democracy and the fountainhead of Western culture. He wrote that when the Athenians finally …

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40-219-6927378-016-006-2024.pdf

… to fmd its own leadership from lower levels. It might, conce1vably, move quickly towards democracy as the Sudanese Army has done, but Middle Eastern experience suggests that that is … Commission for National Defense. Lei is Vice Chairman of the China Association for Promoting Democracy. • Contadora Group: The Contadora Group have given themselves a deadline of June 6 to …

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40-654-6235774-094-018-2023.pdf

… and therefore it is a nonsense to talk subsequently about majorities, minorities and democracy. But I would remmd you that the Northern Ireland State was carved out at an … a recipe for war rather than peace if you have two or more groups who advert to the concept of democracy without first taking people into partnership. Where there is consensus, only then does …

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40-399-5730356-151-005-2024.pdf

… due for repayment starting July, 1985, amid warnings from the country's prime minister that democracy was at stake. U.S AND ITALY MEEl' 'IO DISCUSS JOINT DRill TASK FORCE (Reuter) -- Law …

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40-219-6927378-015-005-2024.pdf

… their nation's role in the world is special, that we are fighting "to make the world safe for democracy." Currently, many Americans see our country as the "leader of the Free World" against … been about to come, he Present Tense/49 has had at least two centuries in which to give either democracy or socialism to the world-but the world seems no better than it used to be under the … Latin American countries. Brazil, for example, which recently returned to being a "liberal democracy" after 20 years of military rule, is a bastion of capitalist enterprise that boasted …

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Debate Between the President and Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale in Kansas City, Missouri

… be strong, we need to be prepared to use that strength, but we must understand that we are a democracy. We are a government by the people, and when we move, it should be for very severe and … at that time -- but for this revolution to take place. And the promise of the revolution was democracy, human rights, free labor unions, free press. And then, just as Castro had done in … this administration cozying up to the Argentine dictators after they took over? Fortunately, a democracy took over, but this nation was embarrassed by this current administration's adoption of …

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Address Before a Joint Session of the Oklahoma State Legislature in Oklahoma City

… of miles away by people for whom no one has ever voted. This isn't freedom. It is not democracy. And it does not work. The time is long overdue for honest men and women at all levels …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Regional Editors and Broadcasters on Domestic and Foreign Policy Issues

… in Central America. Well, stated succinctly, we're trying, even amid the turmoil, to encourage democracy, to ensure economic development, and to engage in dialog and listen to every idea that …

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