In your discussions of the nuclear freeze proposals, I urge you to beware the temptation of pride—the temptation of blithely declaring yourselves above it all and label both sides equally at fault, to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire.

Ronald Reagan

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Soviet Union

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Ronald Reagan

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Speech

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Political speech

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "Evil Empire." Annual convention of National Association of Evangelicals. 8 Mar. 1983, Orlando, FL, USA.

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Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West
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McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West. Random House, 1985, ch. 5.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Annual Message to Congress." 1 Dec. 1862, US Congress, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.