premub
male - 39 years, sanpada, India
Blog 4
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Tear down this wall!
Reagan's 'tear down this wall' speech turns 20 in
thoroughly changed Berlin
When Ronald Reagan stood in front of the
Berlin Wall 20 years ago Tuesday (June 12, 1987) and challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall," few believed it might someday happen.
Two decades later, the speech has passed into history as one of the «great communicator's» most stirring moments. Germany's biggest selling newspaper, Bild, proclaimed this week that "Reagan's great speech changed the world."
Reagan delivered the challenge standing in front of the
Brandenburg Gate _ the symbol of Germany's post war
division _ and the wall that had divided Berlin since 1961.
Excerpts from Ronald Reagan's speech at the Berlin Wall
“And now the Soviets themselves may, in a limited way, be
coming to understand the importance of freedom. We hear
much from Moscow about a new policy of reform and openness. Some political prisoners have been released. Certain foreign news broadcasts are no longer being jammed. Some economic enterprises have been permitted to operate with greater freedom from state control.
Are these the beginnings of profound changes in the
Soviet state? Or are they token gestures, intended to raise
false hopes in the West, or to strengthen the Soviet system
without changing it?
We welcome change and openness; for we believe that
freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace.
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.
An excerpt from Ronald Reagan's speech at
the Berlin Wall on June 12, 1987:
On the Net:
Full text at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library site:
http:www.reagan.utexas.edu archives speeches 1987 061287d.htm -
Countdown
I have given up. Can't understand what made the rain drift away on Friday. Did you notice.
Not done. -
Rainbow
Isn’t the vacation over? And why have the rains stopped?
Where are the Rainbow days?
Any clue? -
Waiting
This is yet another net foray. A nice one at the onset. So what is happening out here? Let me know.
Waiting.
