He urged him to tear down the Berlin Wall.
Speaking in front of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate on June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan called on Soviet leader Gorbachev: "Mr Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr Gorbachev, Tear down this wall!"
"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!"
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned Christmas day, 1991 following the Fall of the Berlin Wall and he resigned in order to bring a democratic reform to Russia. He was said to end the Cold War."Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" -Ronald Reagan
On June 12, 1987, Reagan gave a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin Wall calling upon Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev:Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
As president Ronald Reagan was famous for several things. Perhaps he is most famous for saying (while at the Berlin Wall), 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.'
Ronald Reagan gave a speech to West Germany on Berlin's 750th anniversary. In his speech, he challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the wall. So it was really because of Ronald Reagan's speech that the wall came down.
Mikhail Gorbachev
"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!"
The original challenge of actually tearing down the wall, came from US President, Ronald Reagan. In 1987, President Reagan made a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate, (now referred to as the "Tear Down This Wall Speech".) at the Berlin wall, in which he challenged then Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall". At the time this speech was delivered, few believed that the wall would actually be destroyed. President Reagan's challenge to Gorbachev to "tear down this wall" was in direct response to Gorbachev's policy of perestroika. Reagan felt that Gorbachev needed to follow through with actual changes, and not simply "HEAR" about reform, and openness, and policy change.Two years later, when the wall was finally destroyed in 1989, many in East Germany and West Germany, wanted the wall destroyed.A LOT of people had that idea.
Mr Gorbachev, tear this wall down!