Cold War

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Reagan, Ronald. "Tear Down This Wall!" 12 June 1987, Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, Germany.

An evil empire.

Ronald Reagan

On the Soviet Union.

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Reagan, Ronald. "The Evil Empire." National Association of Evangelicals. 8 Mar. 1983, Sheraton Twin Towers Hotel, Orlando, FL, USA.

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Kennedy, John F. "Ich bin ein Berliner." 26 June 1963, Rathaus Schoneberg, Berlin, Germany.

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Khrushchev, Nikita. Quoted in "Foreign News: We Will Bury You!" Time Magazine, 26 Nov. 1956. Originally stated while addressing western ambassadors. Reception at the Polish embassy. 18 Nov. 1956, Moscow, Russia.

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Reagan, Ronald. Remarks at the Signing of the INF Treaty with Soviet Premier Gorbachev. 8 Dec. 1987, Washington, DC, USA.

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Churchill, Winston. "Sinews of Peace." 5 Mar. 1946, Westminster College, Fulton, MO, USA. Speech.

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Churchill, Winston. "The Soviet Danger: The Iron Curtain." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.

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Ford, Gerald. Debate with Jimmy Carter. The Second Carter-Ford Presidential Debate. 6 Oct. 1976, Palace of the Fine Arts Theater, San Francisco, CA, USA.

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McCarthy, Joseph. "Enemies from Within." Republican's Women's Club meeting. 9 Feb. 1950, Wheeling, WV, USA. Speech.

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Fukuyama, Francis. "The End of History?" National Interest, summer 1989.

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Kennedy, John F. "Ich bin ein Berliner." 26 June 1963, Rathaus Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany.

Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?

Joseph Welch

To Joseph McCarthy, on June 9th, 1954, defending the US Army against allegations of subversive activities.

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Welch, Joseph. Quoted in No Sense of Decency, written by Robert Shogun. Ivan R. Dee, 2009, ch. 10. Originally a speech "Have You No Sense of Decency?" Army-McCarthy Hearings. 9 June 1954, Washington, DC, USA.

We will all go together when we go,
All suffused with an incandescent glow.

Tom Lehrer

We Will All Go Together When We Go

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Lehrer, Tom. "We Will All Go Together When We Go." An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer. Lehrer Records/Reprise Records/Warner Records, 1959.

Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?

J. Parnell Thomas

Standard question asked of witnesses testifying before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

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Thomas, J. Parnell. Hearing on communist influences in the motion picture industry. 30 Oct. 1947, Washington, DC, USA.

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Truman, Harry S. Address about establishing the Truman Doctrine. Joint session of Congress. 12 Mar. 1947, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Reagan, Ronald. Joke during microphone check prior to weekly radio address. 11 Aug. 1984, Rancho del Cielo, California, USA.

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McCarthy, Joseph. Speech in Wisconsin. c. 1952. Wisconsin, USA.

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Murrow, Edward R. Private comments to staff prior to broadcast of See It Now. 9 Mar. 1954, New York City, NY, USA.

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Kennedy, John F. Address on Soviet missiles in Cuba. 22 Oct. 1962, The White House, Washington, DC, USA. Radio and television address.

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Reagan, Ronald. Annual Convention of the American Bar Association. 8 July 1985, Constitution Hall, Washington, DC, USA.