The term Evil Empire refers to the Soviet Union. It was used by former United States president Ronald Reagan to criticize the expansionist and oppressive policies of the Soviet Union.
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I guess Empire is a homonym. It has the meaning used in the British Empire and it is also a kind of apple.
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Ronald Reagan made his "Evil Empire" Speech on March 8. 1983 in Orlando, Florida in an address to a meeting of the National Association of Evangelicals. The reference to USSR was not the main point of the speech, but the phrase stuck in people's minds.
Historians have coined the term Byzantine empire to indicate the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part of this empire. The eastern part continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years. The people in question did not use this term. They called it Roman Empire.
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Evil Empire.
You are assuming the West is an evil empire.
Evil Empire - album - was created on 1996-04-16.
The empire was ruled by an evil tyrant.
Reagan's did not like communism at all. This is evident from his Evil Empire address.
No. It's a neutral term, meaning "supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices, or phenomena." We reserve terms like "good" and "evil" for the intentions of the practitioners.
Nefarious. Meaning- Evil etc.
The meaning of Reagan's quote is that a nation that walks in God's obedience prospers.
Reagan did incorporate religion in his Evil Empire Speech at the end when he said "God Bless You!"
In Swahili, "evil one" can be translated as "mtu mbaya" or "mwenye uovu." The term "mwenye uovu" specifically emphasizes the aspect of evil. Depending on the context, you might choose either phrase to convey the meaning.
Mikhail Gorbachev