Little-Acorn
06-12-2014, 02:31 PM
On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan, after building up the U.S. armed forces enough to get Russia to pay attention, stood before the Berlin Wall and said:
"There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace.
"Secretary General 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."
A few years later, the government of the Soviet Union collapsed, and the Berlin Wall was torn down, in the most earth-shaking transformation in many people's living memory.
"There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace.
"Secretary General 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."
A few years later, the government of the Soviet Union collapsed, and the Berlin Wall was torn down, in the most earth-shaking transformation in many people's living memory.