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June 8, 2012 marked the 30th anniversary of one of President Ronald Reagan's hallmark foreign policy speeches, the Address at Westminster to members of the British Parliament.

President Ronald Reagan is often called a visionary president, particularly with reference to his foreign policy. He did not waver from his belief in the superiority of democracy, or in his conviction that democracy should be possible for all. Now more than ever -- as the Arab World makes tentative steps toward representative democracy even while countries in Eurasia and Latin America take steps backward -- we must rededicate ourselves to the idea that every citizen in every country should have the right to self-determination.

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