Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

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Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1990 - United States

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Page 626 - The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety.
Page 864 - four essential human freedoms" for which America stands. In the years since then, those four freedoms — freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear — have stood as a summary of our aspirations for the American Republic and for the world.
Page 532 - Iran constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy and economy of the United States and hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.
Page 643 - President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and...
Page 953 - That the flag of the Thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 626 - The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith — the text of civic instruction — the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them, in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety.
Page 976 - To the Senate of the United States: With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification...
Page 842 - May 28, 1990, as a day of prayer for permanent peace, and I designate the hour beginning in each locality at 1 1 o'clock in the morning of that day as a time to unite in prayer.
Page 660 - A country which is no longer treated as a beneficiary developing country with respect to an eligible article by reason of this subsection may...
Page 693 - America, find that the policies and actions of the Government of Nicaragua constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States and hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.

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