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RONALD REAGAN AT THE BRANDENBURG
GATE 1987
Tear Down This Wall
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Ronald Reagan's Tear Down This Wall speech, delivered
at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany - June 12, 1987.
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Behind me stands a
wall that encircles the free sectors of this
city, part of a vast system of barriers that
divides the entire continent of Europe. . . . |
Standing before
the Brandenburg Gate, every man is a German,
separated from his fellow men. Every man is a
Berliner, forced to look upon a scar. . . . As
long as this gate is closed, as long as this
scar of a wall is permitted to stand, it is not
the German question alone that remains open, but
the question of freedom for all mankind. . . .
General Secretary
Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek
prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern
Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to
this gate.
Mr. Gorbachev,
open this gate!
Mr. Gorbachev,
tear down this wall!
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