Sep 26, 2026
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” — Ronald Reagan | Quote Explained
A deep analysis of the six words Ronald Reagan delivered at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on June 12, 1987: how speechwriter Peter Robinson drew the line from a Berliner’s dinner-table remark, why the State Department and National Security Council deleted it from seven alternate drafts, the disputed authorship between Robinson and chief speechwriter Anthony Dolan, what the full conditional sentence actually demands, and why a Cold War challenge still teaches the value of naming who must do what.