Reagan's most historic speech took a few years to make an impact

EPISODE · Aug 13, 2019 · 3 MIN

Reagan's most historic speech took a few years to make an impact

from Retropod · host The Washington Post

When President Reagan told Mr. Gorbachev to “tear down this wall,” it was not seen as a historic moment. It took the actual fall of the wall to resurrect the speech and drill the quote into the nation's political consciousness.

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