Tear Down This Wall

President Ronald Reagan · Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum · 2:13 · en

President Reagan speaks at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on June 12, 1987 and calls on Mikhail Gorbachev to open the gate and tear down the wall.

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum — Public domain (U.S. government recording)

Transcript

1. And now, now the Soviets themselves may in a limited way be coming to understand the importance of freedom.
2. We hear much from Moscow about a new policy of reform and openness.
3. Some political prisoners have been released.
4. Certain foreign news broadcasts are no longer being jammed.
5. Some economic enterprises have been permitted to operate with greater freedom from state control.
6. Are these the beginnings of profound changes in the Soviet state?