President Ronald Reagan "Tear Down This Wall" Speech at Berlin Wall
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2009
- 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!
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 RUclips 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.
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 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
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:
RUclips 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.
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
What a charismatic speaker.
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
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.
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.
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🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
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
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
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.
Doesn't include the Tear down this wall part.
wait what
Hello Mr. Rathmell, what a coincidence 😱
What the hell.
This is clickbait
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
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.
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.
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.
Respect to Mr Reagan for what he did for Germany, thanks to him I always have high regards for the US 🤝🏼🇺🇸🇩🇪
This president was the Real friend of Turkey and Turkish nation- I miss him- RIP for him
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.
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
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.
🤮
We need more leaders like Reagan. He knew how to lead and inspire, but most of all, he was genuine.
An amazing speech given by one of the greatest presidents of the United States. Very powerful.
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 RUclips 😂 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
*A Wild Reagan Appears*
“Tear Down This Wall!”
It’s Super Affective!
What a speech! He was amazing!
Miss you Mr Reagan.
This was America's finest hour in the 20th century.
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.
Love this speech 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
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
Reagan was the greatest president of all time
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
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.
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.
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.
very proud to share this amazing man's name.
This is when the Republican Party was great.
Back when Republicans were educated, patriotic, and classy.
We still are
@@Danny-jb6pgLol
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
Eastern Europe will never forget you, we will always be grateful to you for overthrowing the fucking USSR...
I do agree. He's a not just a great president, but a great person too.
Agreed.
Famous speech of president Reagan✌
My hero.
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
I love this guy from my heart, he was a great defender of the free nations.
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?
a real true president!! one who is a true leader. so far no other has surpassed anything that he has done
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!
What a legend this man was
Holy hell he was so well spoken.
This is one of the greatest speech in history :
Plain, direct and really remarkable.
We will NEVER forgot what he did for Germany. R.I.P. Mr. President.
(Sorry for my bad English)
forget not forgot😅😅😅
President Reagan was courageous, decent and a True Leader. A True American!!! He did Great things and is still loved by the American People.
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.
GREATEST!!! president in my lifetime!!!
Can you imagine a president on either side nowadays crediting a past president from a different party? The division is sickening now adays.
Love this speech.
Good day! Good day to Educational Video Group and thank you kindlly for sharing! President Ronald Reagan was the greatest U.S.President in U.S.history! We Love President Ronald Reagan from all of our hearts! President Ronald Reagan= A first class President! with my respect TG.
Reagan!! Love this guy, the world miss him too much
Gives me goosebumps every time
"Ich bin ein Berliner!"
noah walters that means I’m a doughnut. Ich bin Berliner is correct way to say I’m a Berliner.
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
A great speech (I was on the east side of Berlin that day). Now his son Ron says that Ronald Reagan had problems with Alzheimer as far back as 1984. I don't see any problems here - and this was 1987!
2030
Mexico : TEAR DOWN THIS WALL
@Smash A Commie well if Trump gets Mexico to pay for it, I kinda would be theirs?
@El Gusanillo Del Juego
LMAO
gotta justify it somehow!
@El Gusanillo Del Juego east germany built the wall
@El Gusanillo Del Juego its funny because most of the world understands why usa would need a wall to keep the illegal inmigrants outside of your country, we grew up a world that glorified every aspect of the usa, showing it as the country of freedom, the one place where you can make it, while the rest of the world is pretty behind in rights or quality of life, it was obvious that people all over the world would wanna go there, you dont truly grasp how we see you. but its funny that some part of your society kinda dont understand that, its like they live in their own bubble.... i mean in usa you got more people than almost every country (except brazil) in latinamerica combined, yet you dont understand why physically you cant protect your own borders to the thousands of people that are still getting in ? i dont get it haha
MEXICO BECAME THE WALL
:smugpepe:
He was a great man. He was a great President!
Gina O'Neil. Yes! So GLAD that wall came down too!!!
I love how the right and left can unite over how badass Reagan was.
God bless you Ronnie! America needs you today!
You cut out the iconic “ Mr Gorbachev, Tear down this wall!”.
You are the Devil.
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.
Greatest President of my lifetime.
thank you Ronald Reagan for this you're number 1
greetings and much love from germany♥️🇺🇸
Yall remember when I did this?
WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON NOT BECUASE IT IS EASY, BUT BECAUSE IT IS HARD!
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 video is useless now. It cuts off before he even says the iconic line
The Berlin Wall was a national monument where it was not only a historical landmark for the American presidential speeches,tourism and visitation,but this is a reminder to the approaching generations that will read about this siting in the future,watch documentaries on it in the future,parents will take they're infants to watch it
What an amazing Leader. God rest his Soul.
Long live freedom!
They're listening to the wind of change.
Really worried about the 784 people who downvoted this video.
I loved this truly great man.
Greatest American of the 20th century
HUU
That would actually be Martin Luther King Jr
Great president, I'm proud to be born in 1989!
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.
This happened the year I was born - epic
A true American hero here.
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Lincoln, Roosevelt x2, Kennedy, and Reagan. That is my list of the best America had.
brabham74 Take out Jackson and you're absolutely right.
brabham74 FDR an Teddy right?
BigShaqFan 69 That's why he said Roosevelt "x2", because he likes both of them. So yes.
Was Kennedy so great because he was assassinated?
Facts
A different world that our kids could not imagine
Ronald Reagan made America great again.
ISIS would not exist today if ronnie was pres...
+XMIR10C he's a large reason why isis does exist
+Kyrie Irving No, OBAMA is. Let's set the facts straight and pin the blame one who is directly responsible.
Thoralmir Reagan wanted to stop the soviet union and stop the spread of communism. To do that, he created the Taliban. The Taliban did get the soviets out of the middle east, but with all the weapons and money Reagan gave them, they started terrorizing the middle east. Al-Qaeda was formed and Osama Bin Laden became the leader. Bin Laden caused 9/11 which caused the Iraq War which caused ISIS.
All of this can lead back to Reagan creating the taliban
Thoralmir
Straight from you article "While it is true that many of these mujahedeen would later make up the Taliban" Exactly thank you for proving my point.
Reagan created the Taliban. IF he had not funded these fighters, the Taliban would not be nearly as powerful as they were.
Facts? If you like facts so much, why did you say Obama created ISIS? Explain that.
+Kyrie Irving he can't. If ANYONES to blame, it's the Bush administration for invading Iraq and creating a power vacuum that allowed the flow of radical Islamist groups to rise. Obama came when it was too late.
Probably the greatest Presidential speech in history, alongside Gettysburg.
"Mr gorbachev break down this wa-"
"I did."
Now they are still friends in heaven
"Mr. Gorbachev TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!" YOU FORGOT THAT!