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Quotation from Tear Down This Wall (Brandenburg Gate Address) by Ronald Reagan
“Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.”
Tear Down This Wall (Brandenburg Gate Address), Paragraph 24 (Public Papers of the Presidents (1987))
Reagan takes up graffiti he saw on the wall and turns it into a prophecy.
Citation: "Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom." — Ronald Reagan, Tear Down This Wall (Brandenburg Gate Address), Paragraph 24 (Public Papers of the Presidents (1987)). (id tear-down-this-wall-q8)
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.
