Reagan's Tear Down the Wall Speech A Moment of Unity

Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Reagan finished the speech by predicting the wall would not endure. “This wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it ... On June 12, 1987, in one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin ... During the US President Ronald Reagan's second term, he sought reconciliation with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to end the Cold War. Over a quarter of a century later, Reagan famously implored the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to “tear down this wall.” In the speech ... On June 12, 1987 President Reagan came to the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin to speak to the leaders and citizens of West Germany. His primary goal was to ... "Tear down this wall!" ... President Ronald Reagan, commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin, spoke at the base of the Brandenburg Gate, near ... On June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan addressed a crowd of 20,000 people in West Berlin in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. The words he delivered that afternoon ... Ronald Reagan's “Tear Down This Wall” speech is remembered as a defining moment of his presidency and a turning point in world history. It ... “Kennedy's ... 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech and Ronald Reagan's memorable Berlin sentence from 1987, 'Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall ... A fragment of the Berlin Wall is displayed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. (Ronald Reagan Library).