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Quotation from Tear Down This Wall (Brandenburg Gate Address) by Ronald Reagan
“Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor.”
Tear Down This Wall (Brandenburg Gate Address), Paragraph 10 (Public Papers of the Presidents (1987))
The conclusion Reagan draws from four decades of contrast between West and East.
Citation: "Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor." — Ronald Reagan, Tear Down This Wall (Brandenburg Gate Address), Paragraph 10 (Public Papers of the Presidents (1987)). (id tear-down-this-wall-q3)
Portrait: President Reagan giving a speech at the Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Federal Republic of Germany. June 12, 1987, Reagan White House Photographs, Public domain.
