Quotes

Reagan on Democracy, Foreign Policy, and Free Enterprise

“We must not underestimate the task that we face in supporting the growth of democracy.”

November 4, 1982

“All of these realizations provide a powerful antidote to those who argue that state power and armed might are the only means to social or economic progress. In case after case, we have seen the democratic states, which rely on the initiative of their own people, develop their economies and societies far further than centralized states. We must not underestimate the task that we face in supporting the growth of democracy.”

— Remarks at a White House Luncheon for Delegates to the Conference on Free Elections