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… and stick to -- a long-te r m strategy. - 9 - PR NO. 229 -· But consistency is difficult for a democracy. Historically, American policy has swung from one extreme to the other. We have gone … secure, whether the world economy is sound, and whether the forc es of freedom and democracy are gaining ground. In the last four years, this country has been rebuilding and … want to know -- wha t is really going on in Central America. Our policy has been to promote democracy, reform, and freedom; to support economic development; to help provide a security …
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… and its people. We have always held Lebanon in special esteem as a free and independent democracy adhering to the same principles and ideals that Americans prize. The United states is … promote United States-Leb a n o n relationshi ps an d t o f o ~ter the sovereignty, security, democracy and inde pendence of Le b ,,nu n ._., i :-:h i.n th,c bounds of the U.S. national …
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… ties between the United States and Lebanon. a ) They share the same values: love for freedom, democracy and religious p luralism, and respect for human rights. b) Lebanese began emigrating to … and independent state with its internationally recognized borders. a) It is a constitutional democracy. b) It is a land where all religious believers, particu- _ larly Christian, Moslem, and …
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… been no arms control agreement, would you consider that a failure? Or is it perhaps a test of democracy to be able to not make agreements, to say that's not satisfactory? SHULTZ: There is … we are seeing in our hemisphere is the emergence on a very wide scale of a strong pattern of democracy. Today, over 90 percent of the people in our hemisphere live under conditions of democracy or of countries who are very far advanced in a process moving toward democracy. In the …
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… General Namphy's efforts to build democratic institutions and achieve the goal of a working democracy over the next 15 months. In connection with General Namphy's visit, the U.S. and …
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… Lusinchi, an individual whose strength of conviction and personal bravery helped give birth to democracy in his country. Tonight we honor you, Mr. President, for what you've done, for what … for political freedom. He was part of it. As a young man, he committed himself to the cause of democracy. He was arrested and tortured by the dictatorship. And, Mr. President, I'm told the … democratic government in Venezuela. Commemorating that, you said, ``We have discovered that democracy and liberty go together inextricably together.'' It was fitting that last year was also …
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… knew that some things are worlh dying for -- that one's country is worth dying for and that democracy is worth dying for, because it is the most deeply honorable form of Government ever … led to the ~Atlantic Alliance -- a great alliance that functions to this day as a shield for democracy and for prosperity. In spite of our great efforts and our great successes, not all of … forces still stand on this continent. But our armies are here only to protect and defend democracy -- and never to take land that is not ours. The only land we hold is the graveyards …
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… principles we cherish and proclaim: to promote prosperity, to defend freedom, to help build democracy and respect for human rights, to help alleviate suffering, and to protect our friends … nowhere has the linkage between foreign assistance and U.S. national interests -- and between democracy and economic opportunity -- been better illustrated than in Latin America and the … of the right. But as the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America found, electoral democracy and political dialogue -- not externally imposed "power sharing" between guerrillas and …
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… priority for the next four years. The top priority is to help bring peace and stability and democracy to central America, and certainly, the Soviet-Cuban-Nicaraguan influence is a main … Government that move in the direction of more ·o•penness ancl a _g reater prospect of genuine democracy. • The situation is far from what we would like, and we don't mind saying so. But it's … principles we cherish and proclaim: to promote prosperity, to defend freedom, to help build democracy and respect for human rights, to help alleviate suffering, and to protect our friends …
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