A spectator jumps up as President Ronald Reagan gives a thumbs up sign after his speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, where he had said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" in ...

When Ronald Reagan left the White House in 1989 he did so as the most popular US president since Eisenhower and the most influential president since F D Roosevelt.

In 1987 Uunied States President Ronald Reagan spoke at the Berlin Wall. In his speech he called on the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev to "Tear down this wall".

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” That simple phrase by President Ronald Reagan spoke volumes. It was a call to action to stand up to Communism, fittingly spoken at Brandenburg Gate in ...