1049 – “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!”

-Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States of America

Quote Number: 882

Source: Regan, Ronald. “Berlin Wall Speech.” Speech. June 12, 1987. Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany. Online at Wikisource Here.

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