Reagan's 'Evil Empire' Speech A Testament to Truth

Crucially relevant over thirty years after its delivery, President Ronald Reagan's Evil Empire speech to the National Association of Evangelicals is a classic ... The “Evil Empire” in question was the Soviet Union, and according to Reagan, the evils of communism denied the God-given moral rights to freedom ... Ronald Reagan was talking to the British House of Commons about the Soviet Union and how they were "evil" because they are fighting just to fight. A year earlier Reagan gave a speech that while criticized would become widely commemorated as it caused the fall of the “Evil Empire.” The “Evil Em-pire” speech ... Reagan's words to NAE became known as the “evil empire speech.” That the Soviet Union was wicked seems uncontroversial today. But 40 years ago, ... An evil empire is a speculative fiction trope. Evil Empire may also refer to: Evil Empire speech, given by U.S. President Ronald Reagan referring to the ... as “evil empire,” again ... Speaking to a convention of the National Association of Evangelicals in Florida on March 8, 1983, President Ronald ... ” In a 1983 speech that made the supporters of a softer line toward the Soviets cringe, he called the Soviet Union an “evil empire.” In June 1987, Reagan ... Ronald Reagan's 1983 “Evil Empire” Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis by Kirsten Ann Westenskow Clark Dr. David Henry, Examination Committee Chair Professor of ... He told an evangelical conference in Orlando, Florida that the Russians had "the aggressive impulses of an evil empire" and he lashed out at " ...