“Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age. Rather we should turn to those inner things — call them what you will — I mean those intangibles that are the real treasures free men possess. To preserve his freedom of worship, his equality before law, his liberty to speak and act as he sees fit, subject only to provisions that he trespass not upon similar rights of others….”
–Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States of America
29 years ago today, in 1989, Mauerfall began when East and West Berliners joined together and began dismantling the Berlin Wall, which would eventually lead to the fall of the Iron Curtain and preceded the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Quote Number: 936
Source: Eisenhower, Dwight. “Guildhall Address.” Speech. London, England, UK. June 12, 1945. From the Eisenhower Presidential Library. Text Online Here. Audio (with quote beginning at 3:05) Online Here.
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