"Evil Empire" Speech

RONALD REAGAN

President Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) gave this speech on March 8, 1983, during his first term in office. He had the difficult task of balancing the spiritual with the political as he tried to explain to the gathering of evangelicals his opposition to a freeze on the development of nuclear weapons.

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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

Reading and Discussion Questions

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Question 9.1

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