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Remarks at the Armed Forces Farewell Salute in Camp Springs, Maryland

… Just as America stands as an example to the world of the inestimable benefits of freedom and democracy, so too an America with the capacity to project her power for the purpose of protecting and expanding freedom and democracy abroad benefits the suffering people of the world. Some might consider those words … You know the answer. You were and are willing to fight and die for America and for freedom and democracy. And some have -- 595, to be exact, over these past 8 years -- some have died. They're …

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Remarks on Soviet-United States Relations at the Town Hall of California Meeting in Los Angeles

… The Yalta guarantees of freedom and human rights in Eastern Europe became undone. And as democracy died in Poland , the era of allied cooperation ended. What followed is known to us now … of Greece and Turkey and established the principle of assistance to nations struggling for democracy and against the imposition of totalitarian rule. In the 40 years since -- for 8 … was somehow an act of belligerence to proclaim publicly the crucial moral distinctions between democracy and totalitarianism. And in my address to the British Parliament in 1982, when I noted …

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Deployment of United States Forces to Honduras and the Strategic Defense Initiative

… our hemisphere. Back in the early 1980's, there were those who argued that the prospects for democracy in Central America were bleak and we would do little to prevent Marxist dictatorships … month, the United States had been aiding the freedom fighters who've been trying to restore democracy by resisting the regime of Soviet-backed Sandinista Communists. However, just as the …

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40-219-6927378-006-003-2023.pdf

… Last Updated: 05/02/2023 BRIEFING PAPER T H E INSTITUTE 0 N RELIGION AND September, 1985 DEMOCRACY No. 6 NICARAGUA'S STATE SECURITY: BEHIND THE PROPAGANDA MASK an interview with ALVARO … and proud of what, together with our friends, we can do in Central America, to support democracy, human rights, and economic growth, while preserving peace so close to home. Let us … of the region and among political groups within each country. This policy is working. Democracy is now emerging as the rule, not the exception. Five of the six countries in Central …

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40-654-6207634-003-001-2025.pdf

… arsenals. And then in 988 • Nicaragua there is the urgent and crucial matter of establishing democracy. In recent weeks the issue in Central America seems at times to have become confused: … Hill for this or that? But the real issue has never changed. The real issue is peace and democracy in Central America and the national security of the United States. As President Arias … Rica has said, there will never be peace in Central America until Nicaragua achieves "true democracy." If the other side wants peace, there's no reason for delay; let them democratize now. …

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Remarks at a White House Meeting with the Deficit Reduction Coalition

… on whether or not to support our proposal to help put Nicaragua on a path toward peace and democracy. Recently I proposed a plan for peace and democracy in Nicaragua, an immediate cease-fire to be followed by church-mediated negotiations … if they in essence wash their hands of our responsibility to support peaceful development and democracy in this hemisphere, they'll be sending a message of desertion, a clear statement that …

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Statement on Signing the 1984 Act To Combat International Terrorism

… essential in countering the insidious threat terrorism poses to those who cherish freedom and democracy. International terrorism is a growing problem for all of us in the Western World -- not …

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40-654-6282802-152-003-2022.pdf

… that vital step. You have signaled to the world that America sincerel y supports freedo m and democracy , even where politically difficult choices have to be made. Once again , our …

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Nicaragua

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40_047_7008683_050_007_2017.pdf

… 'ihad the lion's heart. I had the luck to give the roar." Well, Amarica is the lion's heart of democracy. ~e have an obligation to give that democracy a voice, even a~ occasional roar. For too long our t.:ation had 1-:een ~cot to the … portion of our aid to Central America is humanitarian and economic. You wouldn't know that democracy is taking root there, and I don't blame the media alone because in many cases they are …

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