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40-399-5730359-397-005-2025.pdf

… in this country, who were more willing to help the Nicaraguan resistance survive and cause democracy to prosper in Central American than this body here. And that is an important factor in … in this country, who were more willing to help the Nicaraguan resistance survive and cause democracy to prosper in Central American than this body here. And that is an important factor in … in this country, who were more willing to help the Nicaraguan resistance survive and cause democracy to prosper in Central American than this body here. And that is an important factor in …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With the Student Body of Providence-St. Mel High School in Chicago, Illinois

… Q. Mr. President, my name is Matthew Hicks, and my question is if the United States is a democracy, why do we support and are allied to countries such as Argentina and South Africa which … behind the scenes try to persuade them that there is a better way to live. In other words, our democracy. Once to a political leader that you say out in the paper and make a big charge and … but it's kind of difficult. There are some political problems in our own country, in our democracy, because of things that you're doing that aren't democratic.'' But you say it to him …

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The President's News Conference

… vote. The question is that of assistance to the freedom fighters who are trying to bring democracy to Nicaragua , where a Communist regime, a client State of the Soviet Union , has taken over. The question before the Senate is: Will it vote for democracy in Central America and the security of our own borders, or will it vote to passively … writing to the Organization of American States what their goals were: a pluralistic society, a democracy, free speech, freedom of press, free labor unions, and all of this -- they pledged was …

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The President's News Conference

… Q. Do you think that if the Sandinista government remains in power in Nicaragua that democracy and freedom can survive in Central America? The President. Well, Lou, let me answer it … that then threw out part of its own revolutionary forces because they wanted legitimate democracy, and yet at the same time that it's complaining because those same forces -- those are …

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Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union - February 1985

… have a military-industrial complex until a time of danger, and then it becomes the arsenal of democracy. Spending for defense is investing in things that are priceless -- peace and freedom. … freedom to worship, vote, and create wealth. Our mission is to nourish and defend freedom and democracy, and to communicate these ideals everywhere we can. America's economic success is …

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40-369-R13-017-2022.pdf

… an address to~Parliament in London between the Versailles and Bonn summits entirely devoted to democracy as the future for all mankind. At Bonn, it is crucial that we demonstrate the health …

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40-219-6927378-010-028-2023.pdf

… his Administration to help "those who fought a revolution to escape a dictatorship to have a democracy and then had it taken away from them by some of their fellow revolutionaries." In …

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40-399-5730359-375-018-2024.pdf

… of time, the public will either become angry or won't. Anger and fear do the work of reason in democracy. People get scared enough, then you '11 get one. Donaldson: Eventually, we're going to …

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40-399-5730359-392-002-2025.pdf

… Press reaction suggested some may have thought he was lying. That's hard to accept. • A democracy cannot function without regular accountability. We saw last week that a President, too, …

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40-290-67018967-R14-043-2024.pdf

… that would lead to the first lunar settlement in 1992 from the present situation. When a great democracy publicly commences an enterprise as an act of state, it must succeed, as a matter of …

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