Tear Down the Wall Ronald Reagan's Iconic Speech

The Berlin Wall stood as a symbol of the Cold War, separating families and forcing a comparison between socialist and capitalist ideals. The wall did ultimately ... 113 votes, 23 comments. I've seen the clip of him saying "Tear down this wall" dozens of times, but I'm curious if the popular uprising in ... WEST BERLIN — President Reagan, declaring in German that “there is only one Berlin,” stood Friday before the Brandenburg Gate, the symbol of ... Thirty years ago today, US President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. A fragment of the Berlin Wall is displayed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. (Ronald Reagan Library). The most famous four words of the Cold War almost went unsaid. When President Ronald Reagan stood at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on June 12, ... On June 12, 1987, at the Brandenburg Gate, United States president Ronald Reagan delivered a speech commonly known by a key line from the ... Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Only a few years later, on Nov. 9, 1989, it was not Mr. Gorbachev but the German people who finally tore down ... Former President Ronald Reagan's 1987 speech urging Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down" the Berlin Wall has resurfaced following the death of ... Reagan's words reflected a shift that was underway as Soviet reforms and protests were pressuring the East German government to open barriers to the West.