Posted on 11/09/2020 2:34:53 PM PST by PROCON
Perhaps President Ronald Reagan’s most famous and influential speech was his “Berlin Wall speech” at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on June 12, 1987. It was in this speech (at about 11:45 in the video above) that Reagan made his famous and history-changing demand “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” That statement and speech helped changed the course of history, and there’s even an entire Wikipedia entry for “Tear down this wall” (in addition to an extensive page for the Berlin Wall). According to the Wikipedia entry, “The Berlin Wall speech was also a source of considerable controversy within the Reagan administration itself, with several senior staffers and aides advising against the phrase, saying anything that might cause further East-West tensions or potential embarrassment to Gorbachev, with whom President Reagan had built a good relationship, should be omitted. American officials in West Germany and presidential speechwriters, including Peter Robinson, thought otherwise.” Here’s the full passage of what preceded Reagan’s famous line:
We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
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"Berlin Wall" Speech - President Reagan's Address at the Brandenburg Gate - 6/12/87
Ah, come on man, everybody knows it was a David Hasselhoff concert that did it.
If we had todays pundits on TV they would be wetting their pants over this statement and dems would probably impeach Reagan for it, Russia Russia Russia! Real conservatives are talk and action! Trump & Reagan!
Wall to keep people in. A wall to keep people out. Place your bets which wall Joe Bidet would tear down
Will we see a similar wall, the Wall of Tyranny, built in America?
bttt
One of those things that you never thought would happen until it did.
Trump is the only one holding it back and a few of his allies. If he wins the election there is gonna be a big fuss from the MSM and other side. No wonder he had the new fence built around WH, probably for this and not actually election night.
Maybe they tore down the wall, maybe the Soviets “quit”, and maybe they left sleeper cells in the US whose efforts are coming to fruition now.
“One of those things that you never thought would happen until it did.”
Exactly my thought at the time.
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