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On June 12, 1987, at the Brandenburg Gate, United States president Ronald Reagan delivered a speech commonly known by a key line from the middle part: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! " Reagan called for Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to open the Berlin Wall , which had encircled West Berlin since 1961.
Transcript: https://web.archive ... President Ronald Reagan's Speech at the Berlin Wall, June 12, ... Tear down this wall! Usage on pt.wikipedia.org Muro de Berlim;
On June 12, 1987, he gave a speech at the Wall in which he challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "Tear down this wall!" Reagan's senior staffers objected to the phrase, but Reagan overruled them saying, "I think we'll leave it in." [18] "Tear down this wall!" has been called "The four most famous words of Ronald Reagan's Presidency."
The words don't stir the collective national memory like, “ Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." But for students of Ronald Reagan's more notable speeches, “the ash heap of history" may ring a ...
Ronald Reagan's challenge from the Berlin Wall to end the Cold War. Appears at Foreign policy of the Reagan administration, Brandenburg Gate, and Tear down this wall. Nominate and support. Durova Charge! 18:14, 21 January 2009 (UTC) Support I was trying to find this. Where is the University of Virginia Miller Center for Public Affairs ...
Well, the first trailer for Dennis Quaid’s Ronald Reagan biopic has debuted. The actor plays the 40th President of the United States in the feature, which promises to span the major events of ...
Speaking at the Berlin Wall on 12 June 1987, Reagan challenged Gorbachev to go further, saying "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!"
Reagan's mental state was a political issue even before he became president. His adversaries often claimed his tendency to forget names and make contradictory statements was a sign of dementia.