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Quotation from Tear Down This Wall (Brandenburg Gate Address) by Ronald Reagan
“In a word, I would submit that what keeps you in Berlin is love--love both profound and abiding.”
Tear Down This Wall (Brandenburg Gate Address), Paragraph 22 (Public Papers of the Presidents (1987))
Reagan's answer to his own question of why West Berliners stay in their encircled city.
Citation: "In a word, I would submit that what keeps you in Berlin is love--love both profound and abiding." — Ronald Reagan, Tear Down This Wall (Brandenburg Gate Address), Paragraph 22 (Public Papers of the Presidents (1987)). (id tear-down-this-wall-q6)
Virtues: Charity
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.
