President Ronald Reagan "Tear Down This Wall" Speech at Berlin Wall
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- President Ronald Reagan delivers this memorable speech at the Brandenburg Gate. Excerpt taken from Great Speeches Volume 23 from Educational Video Group, Inc. available at www.evgonline.com
This is how a real president sounds, kids.
+Dreamhackian _ Wake up. You are a nightmare.
***** Reagan was good, he raised taxes and made your government bigger. I guess I would have to agree with you he was one of your best presidents :)
+Markus Rubach unlike most presidents.
+Dreamhackian _ I know.
+Dreamhackian _ Did he "scare" them into it or give them "weapons" for the hostages? Google "Iran Contra". As I said earlier, you are a "nightmare". Side note, you are really bad at "basic arithmetic" and "facts".
Whether or not you like Reagan overall, its undeniable that this is one of the greatest and most significant speeches of the 20th century
Agreed. He was mostly an empty suit, but his acting skills served him well. His speech delivery was unparalleled. He had great hair, too!
It's actually pretty overrated, barely anyone noticed this speech when it happened, it was only part of the cold war narrative after it ended
@@1996koke people barely noticed it happened at the time but that doesn't mean it wasn't impactful.
It laid the groundwork for the fall of the wall only a few years later, which Reagan/Bush had everything to do with separate from the public
@@andrewsutherland133 well I agree that Reagan's actions were part of it but not the speech itself, if you erase it from history the wall would have fallen pretty much the same way it fell in real life
@@1996koke that's true, but its important in that he's signifying to the public the end of the cold war.
Similarly, JFK's, "we chose to go to the moon" speech, granted had more public attention, but had little impact in actually going to the moon, yet its iconic because we did go to the moon and although the speech had nothing to do with it, it was foreshadowing to something great
I don’t know why but I just really like listening to him speak. The balance between calmness and power in his voice is… incredible!
Yep...and Amen
and in the end, Gorbachev didn't tear down the Berlin wall. Berliners themselves did it.
With the approval of Gorbachev.
Well, yes. When Gorbachev made the decision to refuse to continue to prop up the communist regimes in eastern Europe with military force that was the beginning of the end for them. Mind you, that decision was made prior to Reagan giving this speech, which of course the United States was aware of. Reagan was just adding momentum to a process already under way.
Jason S.
Yes but our arms build-up expedited the fall of the USSR, While it would have happened eventually,Gorbacav went to his cabinet and told them that an arms race with the US would collapse our economy for sure and this is what got them moving..Keep in mind that Russia was invading or occupying territories right up thru 1980 including most all of Eastern Europe. This stopped with the massive defense buildup in the west.
Yes I agree, to a point. During the arms race with the United States the USSR suffered from the guns and butter ptoblem, as in it ultimately had to decide whether to arm itself or feed its people. This challenge was particular to the Soviet Union's command style economy in which there was no room for the free market to benefit from (and create wealth with) government defense contracts. While the United States government certainly went into massive debt as a result of Reagan's defense spending during the arms race with the Soviet Union, it never faced the problem of the economy becoming bankrupted as a whole like they did in the USSR. Certainly Reagan's adminstration knew about the economic pressures that increased defense spending put on the former Soviet Union, but up until then all previous administrations, as well as the CIA, didn't understand the extent that the Soviet economy was crumbling.
Gorbachev did approve Helmut Kohl of the reuniting of the East and West. Without his approval it would not have been possible before the total collapse of USSR. Do you really think he did nothing on tearing down the wall???
This is when America was great
You nailed the exact period I was thinking of.
Obama though thinks the best days of America are today under his failed leadership.
He said the world has never been less violent, 1 month after Orlando:
See CZcams video id: (v=biXWZYMugnY)
+Tnn Dll we live in the most peacefull time
Tnn Dll what about the Iraq war? Vietnam? WW2 and WW1?
Back in the 90s lol
fuck the 90's.
One of the seminal moments of world history. This is how a President of the United States speaks and acts. RIP Ronald Wilson Reagan. You were a great man and great leader.
He wanted ketchup to be counted as a vegetable in school lunches.
Nah, he was a bully asshole owned by big companies. He was by no means a good president, but he ended the Cold War, no doubt.
@@abrahamlincoln8748 too bad he fucked it all up by giving 3 million illegals citizenship.
@@EternalEmperorofZakuul yes. Those Illegal red haired Scotsmen sneaking in over the Canadian border. They caught 734 of them in 2019.
@@keithhyttinen8275 and the chinese too
This was a real President.
You Bet
Robert Cohn did you just reply... to your own comment?
UltimatePeyton Seriously. Haha! WTF?
someone could of come and deleted their previous comment. At least, lets hope
Yes I don't like Reagan, but compared to the orange clown we have in office... He is an angel. BTW, imagine if Trump was in charge during the Cuban missile crisis. We wouldn't have jobs. We would all be dead in nuclear holocaust.
He was smooth, the way he spoke German.
Carolyn Argabright. Jawohl Carolyn!🇩🇪
nah not really i was german and it didn't sound that good
lol ya Trump wanted to take the Berlin wall and put it on the southern border of Mexico. Great idea!
NeonMusic what
@@Novaheart1998 it is, instead of confining a nation, you're keeping out illegals who don't belong. If they wanna come in, wait there turn. People in Berlin didn't have that option
What a charismatic speaker.
People that would ever compare our two current presidential candidates to Reagan, clearly have never seen his speeches.
" clearly have never seen his speeches."
And his brilliant decision-making.
He was right to oppose the "NO NUKES" movement that liberals where advocating in the 1980s.
Today, 25+ years later, The Ukrainians REGRET the day they ever gave up their nukes. Bill Clinton disarmed their Nukes in 1994, leaving it vulnerable to the Russian invasion of 2014.
Here is a video of Bill laughing like an idiot with Russian president Boris Yeltsin when they disarmed the Ukraine:
CZcams video id: (v=SJ7-PgVq73A)
"NO NUKES" didn't work. And Ironically, it was Bill Clinton's mistake that proved Ronald Reagan right again - 20+ years later.
Tnn Dll Basically
One of the current casualties understands the importance of peace through strength.
Happy 107th Birthday to Ronald Reagan, one of the greatest presidents in our country's history!!! Thank you for all that you did for our great country!
I think he ded now
He seems like a truly genuine man. We need a leader like him these days
Wow such a new comment
you had one his name is Barack Obama
@@willemoranje Barack Obama is an America hating pile of shit. A man who set race relations back a hundred years with his bullshit. A supreme divider.
@@willemoranje No, He let terroism happen. Regan stopped that, and he built the economy and got jobs. Obama didn't the man most like Regan is Trump those 2 are the best presidents.
@@101patrol8 Lol,Trump is the best example of how dumb 'Mericans' are these days, you want another example of the watch the opening scene of the serie The Newsroom and listen to stats listed about the glorious,richest,powerfull USA, your country is a joke man, own up to it,your biggest enemies own your biggest debts if they collect them your country goes bankrupt again,your are not SUPER power anymore. educate your self about the state of your country and then have discussion with me.
Reagan smash.
Quote from family guy? :)
+jonnie Cosgrove seannaners
Ha
yeah putin is a murderer and moral corrupted bastard and former kgb agent but russia does not deserve better president they had had their chances but failed greeting from chech republic prague
robin kalousek Russia does deserve a better president since their current one bribed murdered and blackmailed his way into that office
As a German, I feel deeply grateful to President Reagan and America for the unwavering defense of freedom in the world in general and in my country in particular. Sadly, today’s GOP seems to forget this commitment to freedom, even in the USA itself.
Quite the contrary. The GOP is the only party left in the west that still believes in individual freedom.
On average, the republican party is still better than the Democrats with their game of being communists.
We love Germany and its people. I lived in your Country 17 years. Beautiful.
This right here is one of the greatest speeches of all time. Reagan knew the teardown of the wall would put an end to the soviet union, decades of tension and uncertainty, an ongoing feud that dates back to the start of WW1. The end of everything and the rise of a great American superpower... Love or hate reagan... This was one of the greatest speech of all time.
This speech barely had an effect on world war, the Soviets had already decided to ease restrictions to travel to west Berlin and it all came down because of a mistake in a press conference
@@1996koke loser talk lol
@@1996koke the announcement made that had the miscommunication that border crossings were going to be eased "immediately" only came about because Gorbachev was persuaded by Reagan and others in exchange for taking off the pressure they were exerting on the failing totalitarian state. Talks behind the scenes were more important then this actual this speech, what it represents is that it simply encapsulated his immovable convictions soon to come to flourishion.
Wrong. He knew the end of the Soviet Union is near, so he made this speech to make it his achievement. And people like you believe it. But for neutral people with the background Information... it's just a smart but dirty a$$h0le move. One of the Greatest con artists ever.
I had to be Ronald Reagan in 3rd grade😂, I am very proud to have been dressed as one of the best presidents and say one of his speeches🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Reagan was amazing.GOP needs to find another guy like him.
His name is Donald John Trump.
john765 we did.
We did
Yes We Do, and we FUCK LIBTARDS SCUMS ONCE AGAIN!! LIBTARDS ARE THE REAL ENEMY OF AMERICA AND THE FREE WORLD! DESTROY AND RUIN LIBTARDS!
Donald Jesus Trump: I got you belive me
Mr Reagan. Thanks for bring pride back to the United States. After Nixon, Ford and Carter we needed you.
Carter and Nixon were fine... wxcept watergate mr naughty nixon
@@Gia1911Logous Carter and Ford were great Presidents
@@nickscorpion8725 How come? I don't know much about them, but I know they're not as good as Reagan
@@nickscorpion8725 Carter was an awful president, but a good guy
Doesn't include the Tear down this wall part.
wait what
Hello Mr. Rathmell, what a coincidence 😱
What the hell.
This is clickbait
I truly miss this great man. I am so proud he was the first president I voted for, and I'll treasure it forever. He got me involved in conservatism and politics, and I never looked back. He was a man of substantial substance, a God-fearing, self-made man who came from a humble upbringing. May his beloved memory be eternal 🙏 ✝️ 🇺🇸🙌👏
I regret that I had the chance to vote for President Reagan, but his leadership and steadfast belief in the greatness of America has stayed with me to this day.
Donald Trump was actually in the crowd at this speech, you can hear him at 1:10
ben scargill lmao
OMG xD
Lol
Lmfao you bitch!!! Lmao
nice find.
Even when Regan had Alzheimer's he still sounded more coherent than the sitting president in 2022
True
Yep
Stop making fun of Daddy Biden
At least Joe Biden didn't stole medical supplies from other nations, didn't even tell people to drink detergent. Your last president made the mess we are living today. And who are you to say anything, you are a nobody.
we the people should have a right to recall the president b4 general elections or overthrow the govt. thomas Jefferson said- if law become tyranny, duty become action. if it becomes an apocalypse, we citizens should create an uprising rebellion against an empire with mandates and unlawful rule (mob rule) a revolution isnt enough, 1/6/21 is only the beginning if things dont change.
Respect to Mr Reagan for what he did for Germany, thanks to him I always have high regards for the US 🤝🏼🇺🇸🇩🇪
FREEDOM!
Did you just quote William Wallace?
maybe
He was what a President of the United States is supposed to be.
paulmaking1980 only in the afterlife
Josh
The taliban didn't exist you stupid fuck
An amazing speech given by one of the greatest presidents of the United States. Very powerful.
We need more leaders like Reagan. He knew how to lead and inspire, but most of all, he was genuine.
What a speech! He was amazing!
I’m an American that was held in Hohenschönhausen from 1979 to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. My release wouldn’t have been possible without President Reagan. 🥺
RIP Ronald Reagan and now Mikhail Gorbachev. You both belong to the ages.
🤮
it'd amazing he was I believe 75? very impressive he looks 55. last great president we had, back when America was actually #1....
@Joe H. -- And current POTUS is 70 and looks like a drunk, bloated bullfrog with a dustmop on top of his head -- though I wouldn't care if he looked like the world's ugliest reptile if he had a clue...
Ainsley Jo Phillips aww looks like someone got triggered just over a comment on CZcams 😂 i mean you don't have to hide it either it's blatantly obvious after that comment haha
Joe H. Reagan was actually 76 here.
Ainsley Jo Phillips Shut the fuck up
John Jamele no that was the 1990s when shit in the middle east happened and when the cold war ended
He had his ups and downs; this was one of his ups.
What was one of his downs?
+CrayDesigns His views on environment/his environmental policies. "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." -- Ronald Reagan, 1981.
However, I'm not judging him, I actually think he was quite charming, but just like all presidents (and human beings) he wasn't perfect, thus my comment: he had his ups and downs, cause don't we all?
+Stephanie Estrada very true!
+Stephanie Estrada but I think his ups outweigh his downs!
Stephanie Estrada
I also think his ups outweigh his downs. But the environment was not as big of a campaigning factor as today back then in my mind. I mean in the long run, he made the country better.
This president was the Real friend of Turkey and Turkish nation- I miss him- RIP for him
Say what you will about Reagans policies, the man was an exceptional speaker
Love this speech 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
a real true president!! one who is a true leader. so far no other has surpassed anything that he has done
Reagan was the greatest president of all time
My hero.
greatest US presidnt since Eisenhouer n Truman...
DOUG HEINS Without the Marshall plan Europe would never have managed to recover from the war as well as it did. Many countries would probably be very instable and the Soviet Union would most likely have been able to further spread their influence even to western Europe.
1955porsche kennedy is better i think
Truman was an idiot. He coulda won the Korean War if he would have just let MacArthur do his fucking job.
KyleBuschPackFan You do know he wanted to use nuclear bombs on innocent people as well as combatants. And that would have started a nuclear war. In turn we would all be dead due to Mutually Assured destruction.
Colton Fields The Soviets were "grieving" over Stalin; they were barely a threat.
This is when the Republican Party was great.
President Reagan was courageous, decent and a True Leader. A True American!!! He did Great things and is still loved by the American People.
Eastern Europe will never forget you, we will always be grateful to you for overthrowing the fucking USSR...
*A Wild Reagan Appears*
“Tear Down This Wall!”
It’s Super Affective!
Miss you Mr Reagan.
I agree this video is titled Tear down this wall, and I expected that to be a part of this speech which is so monumental.
Its so surprising that Obama won a Nobel Peace prize, and Reagan never did......we need more people like Reagan......
Obama won one merely for the color of his skin. What accomplishment did he have to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Affirmative blacktion
Well Reagan almost brought us to nuclear war so no peace prize for him
Ronald Reagan remains live in the heart of us, conservatives, to this day!
I disagree.
I’m a Democrat and this man was a class act.
No one else even thought to do it or tried to do it or had the courage to do it. It’s was his calling and his alone. Only he had such a great love of freedom so as to pull it off. A divine moment from a divine Creator to speak divine words for the world to hear, daring any to contradict them. It didn’t take long, but it’s effect continues today and will forever. Freedom has no walls, no closed, guarded gates. It is open for all to experience it as long no one breaches its mutual trust between its partakes and is revered and protected by all who believe in and love Her. Freedom isn’t free. May all be willing to give their all to keep Her alive, well, thriving and moving forward into the future. 👏💪🇺🇸❤️‼️
very proud to share this amazing man's name.
This was America's finest hour in the 20th century.
my Grandpa worked for Reagan when he was the governor of California as Chairman of the Parole Board. he was also one of the best governors ever and is much better than Donald Trump I feel
Famous speech of president Reagan✌
God bless you Ronnie! America needs you today!
I do agree. He's a not just a great president, but a great person too.
Agreed.
Simply one of the best we have ever had 🎉
GREATEST!!! president in my lifetime!!!
I was a United States soldier in Germany when this speech happened and in Berlin when that wall cane down.
I remember all the little cars flooding accross the border after it came down.
Before it came down though when we had to take our missiles out of Germany. I guarded a missile base and had to show 20 russian diplomat's it was empty and translated everything with an overhead projector.
I love this guy from my heart, he was a great defender of the free nations.
Reagan smash!
REAGAN SMASH!
***** Reagan sleepy!
That's just Reagan, just leave him alone, he'll tire himself out.
Leave Reagen to have sex whenever he feels like it, dont force him
Gives me goosebumps every time
Back when Republicans were educated, patriotic, and classy.
We still are
@@Danny-jb6pgLol
@@Danny-jb6pgGOOD JOKE LMAO
President Reagan WILL forever be my favorite President - I adore him and miss him so much - he loved his country and DID help other countries as well. I LOVE this speech - he will always be the BEST at making his speeches which were true to his heart; we NEED another President like HIM who was courageous and didn't take any crap from other countries who were trying to bring us down. It was HE who had the hostages freed on the day of his inauguration b/c that country KNEW that ONCE Pres. Ronald Reagan was in office he wasn't going to play their games and they were scared of Pres. Reagan b/c he was determined to get the hostages freed - and he would do so anyway way it took to bring them home, unlike Pres. Carter who was too soft and did nothing; PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN I MISS YOU SO MUCH. The administration in office right now is just horrible and has done NOTHING - everything is being SWEPT under the rug - Obama is depleting our military very fast, he is taking away Veterans money and forgetting about them, and for the men and women fighting for our Country he is taking away money that should go toward their protection while fighting for our FREEDOM. I wish people would quit drinking the Obama Kool-Aid b/c our Country is NOT doing well and he needs to stop APOLOGIZING for the U.S. and start protecting us from these other countries who hate us so much. Again, this is the WORST Administration we've had, the Obamacare is NOT working as well among other issues Obama seems to be ignoring !!! I think Carter/Obama are the worst Presidents we had --- PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN - YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AND FOREVER BE IN MY HEART- GOD BLESS YOU (yes I said it)!
Your favorite President, well that shows one thing; your lack of a grasp on history.
Sooo, 8 years later, have you grown up girl? Or are you afraid to even read what you wrote?
Ok so basically you’re spewing out a useless rant and racism near the end. (Kool aid.) good to know.
Well your dad has been telling you some things hasn’t he?
All praise to Peter Robinson, the person who wrote the speech!
Speech writers work with the president. Also he purposely took out "tear down this wall!" because he thought it was too provocative, Reagan put it back in on the spot during the speech.
Long live freedom!
Love this speech.
Greatest President of my lifetime.
Do you know what is funny.😏
Before this speech all of Ronald Reagan's advisers and speech writers told/begged him not to mention the wall. Even at the last second they begged him to not mention the wall.
What did Reagan do? Told Gorbachov to "Tear down this wall!"
Reagan was not perfect, but this was his moment to shine!
THIS IS WHEN AMERICA IS GREAT!!
THANKS AMERICANS THIS TIME FORM GERMANY FRIENDS 🇩🇪🇺🇸👍😘
GAME OVER. Deutschland Uber Alles meine kamerade!🇩🇪
Yeah and trump, your not helping. Stop with the stupid border wall and do something else
This is one of the greatest speech in history :
Plain, direct and really remarkable.
Reagan!! Love this guy, the world miss him too much
I'm not a big Reagan fan, but that man sure knew how to give a speech. This one and the speech about the Challenger loss, which still gives me chills.
Regan: Tear Down This Wall
Trump: Build the Wall
Why are you so fucking illiterate
@@probably9085 It's a joke calm down
Liberals trying hard and failing to understand today's politics
@@alexiarai955 not a good one
@@Gia1911Logous It's still a joke not to be taken seriously
A great leader. A true Republican. How on Earth did we end up with Trump and Biden?
trump was damn near close to reagan.
@@jmjfanssfuck no, nowhere near
What an amazing Leader. God rest his Soul.
Reagan was a great president and a great patriotic American
thank you Ronald Reagan for this you're number 1
greetings and much love from germany♥️🇺🇸
They're listening to the wind of change.
Greatest American of the 20th century
HUU
That would actually be Martin Luther King Jr
Ronald Reagan made America great again.
I think at that time most of Europe (except Thatcher) were seriously doubting Reagan intentions since his backers were profitting the most from the cold war. But in hindsight it was a great speech and it probably helped Gorbachev making one of is most courageous decisions of his autharian reign : No support from Soviet millitary support for the faltering Eastern Europe goverments to strike down revolts which led eventually to the teardown of the wall and the DDR but not forget also to the collapsing of the Soviet union where mr Gorbachev had lot less glorious role because there he did order to strike down the revolts violently.
Great president
A hero great man and great leaderlove him.
What a legend this man was
Could you ever imagine Joe Biden in This position?. A terrifying prospect. He'd mumble and fumble the speech then fall off the podium. Ronald Reagan was a true statesman. Helmut kohl next to him. Another giant. How we've fallen.
We will NEVER forgot what he did for Germany. R.I.P. Mr. President.
(Sorry for my bad English)
forget not forgot😅😅😅
Ordered the following books from Amazon and will be sending them as soon as i get them
1) The Official US Army Combat Skills Handbook - 7/6/2024 CE
2) The Official US Army Fitness Training Handbook - 5/6/2024 CE
Can you imagine a president on either side nowadays crediting a past president from a different party? The division is sickening now adays.
Holy hell he was so well spoken.
I loved this truly great man.
One said tear down the wall, now another is saying build d wall. What a wisdom from Ronald that money cannot buy.
Mimi Luv one is to control the flow of people into the country (not stopping immigration) and the other was built to trap people on one side of a city and prevent them from leaving
Great speech 😊,from the heart of many people, thanks Present Reagan
President Ronald Reagan such a great politician and person he was :D I wish that the Danish politicians were like him.
He was a great man. He was a great President!
Gina O'Neil. Yes! So GLAD that wall came down too!!!
Yes
Our Greatest President.
if only JFK lived to see his accomplishments
Real leader here,this generation of today doesnt understand that there was a time and place where we as Americans had pride and this man was the embodiment of the American man and fighting spirit. Everytime joe Biden speaks Ronald Reagan rolls in his grave guys
This video is useless now. It cuts off before he even says the iconic line
Good speech mr president
Great president, I'm proud to be born in 1989!
I am not a fan of Reagan but this is a good Speech. I as German don't want to be enemy with USA, Russia or any country again, ever again. I never saw war and I never want to.
marcel500030
Marcel, nor do we. We want peace and commerce.
A true American hero here.
It's amazing we are here in the future watching too sir President