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… States now stands at a moment of judgment. Experience has shown that a policy of support for democracy, economic opportunity, and security will best serve the people of Central America and … help the democratic center prevail over tyrants of the left or the right. But if we abandon democracy in Nicaragua, if we tolerate the consolidation of a surrogate state in Central America, … States now stands at a moment of judgment. Experience has shown that a policy of support for democracy, economic opportunity, and security will best serve the people of Central America and …
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… the record of our times. Last year in the Philippines, ordinary people rekindled the spirit of democracy and restored the electoral process. Some said they had performed a miracle, and if so, a s .imilar miracle -- a transition to democracy -- is taking place in the Republic of Korea. Haiti, too, is making a transition. Some … but growing pains are normal in democracies. The United States had them -- as has every other democracy on Earth. In Latin America, too, one can hear the voices of freedom echo from the peaks …
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… contribution to our · effor to help our Central American neighbors reach their goa s of democracy, reform and human freedom. In his radio address to e Nation on January 14, the … contribution to our efforts to help our Central American neighbors reach their goals of democracy, reform and human freedom. In his radio address to the Nation on January 14, the …
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… HAS BEEN SO EVIDENT IN OUR MEETING TODAY. OVER THESE PAST 4 YEARS, WE'VE STRIVED TO ENCOURAGE DEMOCRACY/ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE REGION/AND COOPERATE IN THE DEFENSE OF … BLANCO POINTED THAT OUT EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHEN HE OBSERVED/ BREAD/HEALTH} EDUCATION/ LIBERTY/ DEMOCRACY/ AND PEACE/ARE INDIVISIBLE AND IRREPLACEABLE VALUES.~ I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT DEMOCRATIC … -{COUNTRIES WITH 90 PERCENT OF THE HEMISPHERE'S POPULATION jARE DEMOCRATIC OR IN TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY, YOUR OWN DEMOCRACIES ARE AN EXAMPLE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EVERYWHERE. jTHAT's NOT TO …
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… more than that, however. Costa Rica is a positive example for the entire world -- a model of democracy and political stability that all nations could do well to emulate. Costa Rica's … who would see them under the authoritarian rule of communism. Costa Rica exemplifies what democracy is all about. It's no surprise that Costa Rica, throughout several political … in that part of the world. Our commitment to a political solution and to the strengthening of democracy and economic development in Central America is clear. Democracy and economic …
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… could be affected throughout the hemisphere. The people of El Salvador have proved they want democracy. But if guerrilla violence succeeds, they won't get it. El Salvador will join Cuba and … to stop the advance of communism in Central America by doing what we do best -- by supporting democracy. For 3 years, our goal has been to support fundamental change in this region, to replace poverty with development and dictatorship with democracy. These objectives are not easy to obtain. We're on the right track. Costa Rica …
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… Week, October 10 - 16, 1982 10/06/1982 … October 6, 1982 A free press is a cornerstone of our democracy. In the First Amendment to the Constitution, our Founding Fathers affirmed their belief …
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… totally. We congratulate the people of the Philippines on their latest, successful exercise in democracy and wish them equally well in the political contests ahead. The United States pledges …
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… believes that we have already made major gains around the world in shoring up the forces of democracy, a.r:d one that also believes that in the future democracy is a corning trend. In discussing the Soviet Union, he outlines a realistic program for … if I could use that word, by a deep sense . that history is on the side of freedom and democracy. As a personal view, I see a new tone of maturity and realism and steadiness in our …
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… hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the first volume of de Tocqu.eville's Democracy in America and the coming bicentennial of the United States Constitution. President, … Hook has recently outlined what he has come to see as the greatest challenge facing American democracy today: the decline of liberty into license. In his words: Since World War II the … danger. In that direction looms the possibility of a progressive disorder. The great danger of democracy has always been the possibility that it may lead to anarchy ... Aristotle recognized …
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