The "Evil Empire" speech was a speech by then-United States president Ronald Reagan to the National Association of Evangelicals on March 8, 1983, at the height of the Cold War and the Soviet–Afghan Wa
On June 12, 1987, at the Brandenburg Gate, then-United States president Ronald Reagan delivered a speech commonly known by a key line from the middle part: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Reagan
Evil Empire speech
…Speeches and debates of Ronald Reagan Tear down this wall! Cannon, Lou (2000). President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime (First PublicAffairs ed.). PublicAffairs. ISBN 1-891620-91-6…
Reagan's cue card with the speech's namesake line
West Berlin mayor Eberhard Diepgen watching the speech
A piece of the Berlin Wall located at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library