The Power of Words Ronald Reagan's Tear Down the Wall Speech

THE ROAD TO THE WALL – RONALD REAGAN AND HIS CALL, 'MR GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL.' January 11, 2015. Author. Clark S. Judge. Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States on November 4, 1980. His triumph capped the rise of the new right/conservative wing of the Republican ... ... Ronald Reagan gave in 1987 about the Berlin Wall. In the speech, Reagan famously announced, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.†... background. This ... When President Ronald Reagan stood at the Brandenburg Gate and demanded “Mr. Gorbachev,. Tear down this Wall!,” he did so over the fierce ... "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" ... By the 1980s, the Berlin Wall had lost none of its former symbolism. On June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan (1911—2004 ) used ... 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 ... Reagan's speech addressed the restrictions of the East German totalitarian state, represented by the infamous Berlin Wall. We're just coming up to the 25th anniversary of that event, and many will recall Ronald Reagan's 1987 proclamation: “Tear down this wall!” Yet Gorbachev never ... In June 1987, President Ronald Reagan spoke at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate in view of the Berlin Wall, and delivered a message to ... 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 ...