Reagan's Legacy The Evil Empire and Beyond

On this day in 1983, President Ronald Reagan first branded the Soviet ... Reagan's initial “evil empire” speech. While in London, the ... Ronald Reagan's Evil Empire Speech, which he held in 1983 at the National Association of Evangelicals, was aimed at weakening the upcoming opinion that nuclear ... Analysis of “The Evil Empire” Speech. Reagan addressed an audience at the ... In Reagan's Evil Empire speech, he primes with a secondary method: activating schema ... Reagan chooses the word “evil” because it relates abortion, communism, and infanticide to the devil. In Christianity, the devil is the root of all things wicked ... The Evil Empire speech, delivered by Ronald Reagan in 1983, called out the Soviet Union for its oppressive actions and aggressive policies. “Evil empire” was President Ronald Reagan's name for the Soviet Union. Reagan often portrayed the struggle between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. as a moral war ... In 1983, President Ronald Reagan addressed the National Association of Evangelicals, delivering what is now referred to as his "Evil Empire" speech. Rhetorical Analysis Of Ronald Reagan's Evil Empire ... Reagan states, "Not until I went into the churches of America and hurt her pulpits aflame with ... ... speech in Florida, he denounced the Soviet Union as “an evil empire” and “the focus of evil in the modern world.” (The Soviets responded by saying that Reagan's ... This article is part of a series on the 40th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's famous “Evil Empire” speech which includes essays by Randall Fowler, Nina Shea, ...