On March 8, 1983, President Reagan spoke to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, He expressed his views on the Soviet Union, famously calling it an "evil empire." He defendedthe Judeo-Christian traditions against the Soviet Union's totalitarian leadership and lack of religious faith, saying that these differences were at the heart of the fight between the two nations.
This document makes clear that Reagan did not simply read the words before him: he played a very active part in writing the speech itself. One amusing sidelight: speechwriter Tony Dolan included a
spurious quotation from
Alexis deTocqueville -- which Reagan changed:
And here is video:
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