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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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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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Remarks at the 1986 Reagan Administration Executive Forum

… stakes are high. We must provide the Nicaraguan freedom fighters with what they need to bring democracy to their country. Earlier, I quoted Adam Smith. Well, another great economist, Ludwig …

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Interview With Morton Kondracke and Richard H. Smith of Newsweek Magazine

… What do you want? Why should we help?' And they gave them the statement, and it was pure democracy: elections, a pluralistic society, free press, free labor unions, all of these things. … -- almost suddenly -- got rid of the other elements in the revolution that really wanted the democracy, because the Sandinistas were Communist to begin with. And now they have a totalitarian …

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on the London Economic Summit Conference

… a fact of life. Somehow people have felt that that's the way to express their ideas in a democracy. In spite of all of the legitimate channels that are open to them, they take to the …

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Remarks at a California Republican Party Fundraising Dinner in Los Angeles

… was, ``Will El Salvador fall to the Communists?'' Well, today the question is, ``Will democracy win in Nicaragua?'' And tomorrow the question will be, ``How soon?'' We've held firm. …

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Remarks to Members of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists

… later, the cartoons of Thomas Nast helped wash the soil of corruption from the fabric of democracy. As Boss Tweed said, and I'll quote: ``I don't care a straw for newspaper articles. My …

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Remarks at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on Completion of the Fourth Mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia

… program. I think back to 206 years ago when our forefathers ushered in a new era of true democracy for the world. And here today I think we have ushered in a new era also -- a fully …

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Remarks on Private Sector Initiatives at a White House Briefing for National Service Organization Leaders

… traveled throughout our new country chronicling the observations in his now well known book, ``Democracy in America.'' The American way of life captured his imagination, especially the …

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