I felt like assembling these four quotes in one place. Surprisingly, the first appears not to have been uttered at the UN–although I remember seeing a picture of Khruschev holding his shoe and hitting the table with it. The last one is, obviously, translated, and (at this moment) linked to an odd source. I hope to find a better source later.
Nikita Khrushchev, November 1956:
“Мы вас похороним!”
John F. Kennedy, June 26, 1963:
“All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words ‘Ich bin ein Berliner.'”
Ronald Reagan, June 12, 1987:
“General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Erich Honecker, January 19, 1989:
“(The Wall) will still exist in 50 and in 100 years, unless the reasons for its existence are eliminated.”
November 9, 1989: The Wall Falls.
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