"Evil Empire" Speech by President Reagan - Address to the National Association of Evangelicals

[@SheepdogColumbus]

"Sometimes their voices are louder than ours, but they are not yet the majority." If that statement doesn't put where we are today, in perspective, you must be the "majority".

[@chadro_g1145]

Whenever I’m feeling down about the current state of things, I always come to this channel and leave inspired and motivated to fight once again. Hands down the greatest President in my 51 years, and I miss him so.

[@RiwenX]

I'm so glad American people in '80 and '84 thought otherwise. Also, to the guy who said communism is not a big deal: clearly, you have never lived under a communist regime. I, as a Hungarian, would like to thank Ronald Reagan for everything he did to defeat the evil empire. God bless Ronald Reagan and every true Christian in the United States.

[@MetalDetroit]

Dear God we need a President like Reagan again......

[@Christossavva]

This speech resonates to any citizen of the world that thirsts for freedom. Reagan remains the ultimate symbol of freedom

[@chadmock5883]

Ronald Reagan, The last true American President. RIP Mr. President, you are greatly missed and appreciated for your work for this country.

[@wrothacker4]

Back when we loved our president, and he loved us back...

[@TheSmartLawyer]

Obama became proud to be "an American" for the first time (and only time) when he was first elected to the presidency. Reagan was always proud and always an American. Big difference.

[@VictrolaJazz]

What a concept!

[@Vector_Ze]

wrothacker4 The love wasn't universal. Some of understood, even then, that what he was accomplishing was the beginning of the end. The downhill slide he set us on continues. Up until GWB knocked him out of the position, Reagan was my most loathed President in my lifetime of six decades. That's right, Reagan was even WORSE than GWB ... in a number of ways. Google 'reagan worse than bush', read. What gets me is all of the dreamy eyed right wing radicals today, pining for the glory days of their Party ... but who would label Reagan as a Liberal today. If he were to run for the Presidency today they'd laugh him out of town.

[@VictrolaJazz]

Well I worked at the same company in the oil and gas industry for 30 years before taking early retirement 18 years ago. I've got a comfortable home and retirement so as far as I'm concerned things have worked out fine for me. I don't doubt what you say about today's people, but most didn't live through that era of double digit inflation and unemployment, gas lines and 444 days of hostages that his presidency came off of. We had a good economy once again and felt proud of America. If people don't like that, they can go to hell.

[@Vector_Ze]

pleasestop1000 You ignorant fool. You don't know a thing about me. I could own your boss for all you know.l Your response is very telling. You're a mindless drone. I hate to lower myself to your level, but your level of ignorance is hard to ignore.

[@alancooper5]

This was the greatest president since I've been alive! America Desperately needs another leader like him!

[@LisaBowers]

THIS is what a real President sounds like!

[@1windycityguy]

(continuation) "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." End quote Ronald Reagan

[@mikec.2360]

I may be an atheist but Reagan has a way with words.

[@yvette714]

God forbid a President give this speech today, he will be torchered by the public & it wouldn't be aired by the Media. Our country needs GOD more than ever right now and people are fighting so hard to take it out. Our founding fathers based many of our rights on GOD, the father of Abraham, Isaac, Moses & Christ. Let's Pray for this country!!

[@nghnino]

ONE OF THE GREATEST person in our time, the Man responsible in Ending Nuclear Nightmare for the sake of future generations, Thank you Mr.President Reagan thank you!

[@tubingen92]

Ronald Reagan, you were the greatest of them all !!

[@jerryebner7582]

It seems we will never have the leader he was as he set the bar so high no Republican or Democrat can touch. May God be with us.

[@johnfox137]

So many things have come to life since this speech it's scary to watch

[@andreelove9635]

Unlike the Bushes, Pr Reagan was a true God fearing man! Even if you have no shame You don't have to endorse the opposition!

[@SheilaJohnsonINC]

A message of truth... thank you Mr. President Reagan for your boldness...And focus on rightness!! .

[@mariaisenberg455]

Wonderfull!! God bless America

[@playa32892]

I'm so fascinated by this political period in America

[@reuelbiswas1228]

A great speech for today and tomorrow !!!

[@JimfromBuffalo]

Reagan Made America Great Again!!!

[@ifuckingfarted]

I was 10 in 1988. I do remember Reagan unfortunately I was to young to understand how awesome of a president he was and who it was I was really watching and what this president was actually saying and was about. Amazing. Thank god I was raised in a Republican State who had at the time lots of Reagan/Republican people big conservative society it was nice. Now that state is currently under invasion by the blue state that produces actors like Reagan :)

[@Pureheartguide]

This is an amazing and historic speech. I wish it could be in every school, every leaders heart... this would help Restore America...

[@jerrogance]

I voted for Trump, but Ronald Reagan is still my president in spirit.

[@bgswansonlocc]

Truly the greatest President of my lifetime!

[@reptilicus975]

The evangelical Christian community in this country are the single most greatest friend of the Jews. Here in the US, and in Israel. We will always need your support. And I'm so thankful we have it.

[@travelssrb]

I love you Ronald Reagan.

[@derkleinekastenyt8885]

ah, someone who loves metal gear solid and Ronald Reagan. I always thinking of Reagan when I play phantom pain

[@clioprof]

He was America's lifeguard at a time when we were drowning.

[@shunjunbea]

He speaks truth, so the 'now culture' hates him like they hate God, because Christ is the Truth and giver of morality and holiness.

[@thomasdodson4836]

Greatest President of my lifetime.

[@sandraa.lelacheur3001]

March 8th, 1983 was my 20th Birthday 🎂 I loved and had great respect for: PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN He Was the 1st President I voted for. I’ll never forget the Pride I felt. Grandma 90 years old, born and raised on a ranch in Newcastle Wyoming. She stated that: in her lifetime that she has never seen our country in such a such a bad State. She and I I both live on the Oklahoma - Kansas Stateline I’m half CHEROKEE, I have great Pride in CHEROKEE NATION This is also have pride in the fact that I live in Farm and Ranch County. I’ve not seen our country in such a bad state in my lifetime. We can learn from history.

[@andreaanderson5343]

Thank you

[@LambLion777]

Our National integrity that was saved by a man, who started out Democrat and ended up Republic. Love of the Reagan family in my heart and mind, always. (^: Also most don't know that he had a Biblical study group always on hand in the White House. So glad he did!

[@patriciaboggs9653]

So heartfelt and sincere

[@michaelterry377]

“There are certain truths which stand out so openly on the roadsides of life, as it were, that every passer-by may see them. Yet, because of their obviousness, the general run of people disregard such truths or at least they do not make them the object of any concious knowledge. People are so bliend to some of the simplest facts in everyday life that they are highly surprised when somebody calls attention to what everybody ought to know.”

[@DonSalierri1]

Those of you who are quick to praise Reagan, don't forget that Gorbachev was just as important in the role of tearing down the "iron curtain". Reagan may have been adamantly anti communist, but Gorbachev helped to change the perception that this president had... Both equally potent men in tearing down a red dictatorship.

[@724bigal]

Thee best example of an American I can think of!!!! Thee best example of an American President in my opinion... Obama you have not, and will never compare to this true blue American! You have failed to fill any shoes of presidents past!

[@VictrolaJazz]

I had forgotten when the speech was made and was delighted to find out it was on my 39th birthday!

[@BlackAmericaUSA]

Thank you so much President Reagan.

[@lmac7973]

There should be more conservative Presidents like him and Calvin Coolidge

[@nicholaszacharek2248]

+Linda McAlister Old school conservatism was good. Today's conservatism makes Reagan look liberal.

[@Rick123691]

God I miss this man ! He set the standard......now we have seen the other end of THAT STANDARD. We have to stand up and fight NOVEMBER is about saving our country. This year and 2012 , we have to make that happen.

[@AsianOrange321]

when he said "when America is no longer good, it will not be great" Im like ....silence....

[@Challenger0428]

I routinely listen to Ronald Reagan speak so that I can be reminded of common sense, morality and intelligence in a time where the left looks for these through a cult like worship of Barack Obama, their Messiah. I miss thought and conviction like Reagan's.

[@osolitude]

i was 20 then, and it was the first time i realized where the evil empire comes from ;-)

[@OurHereafter]

"For the first time we have risen, and I see we are being consumed. I see circles that are not circles. Billions of dead souls inside containment. Unravellers have eaten country's moral fabric, turning hearts into filth. I'm from a kingdom level above human. What does that yield? A hokey smile that damns an entire nation."

[@Chancey9300]

Long gone are the days when we hear a President lead us to TRUTH and morality...TO God and His command for ALL humanity. It breaks my heart to see that sign of these times come...It breaks my heart to see our America fall to be good and then in turn fall to be GREAT. America is falling...And long gone are the days of being really proud to be an Amercian...For me at least... :(

[@HeavenlyDetailz]

God Bless Ronald Reagan. I know I will meet you one day in heaven and I will be honored to be in your presence.

[@Jmonkey515]

If Reagan could see what we as conservative Christians have allowed this nation to fall into he would have a heart attack. We need another Reagan in the White House.

[@supsoo]

Don't despair. As Carter led to the election of RR, so will Obama lead to another great conservative President. It is reasonable to argue that RR's presidency was not and did not live up to his ideological ideas, but he was more than an idea. He was in essence the FUTURE OF THE NATION.

[@shunjunbea]

So sad when the President said, "But they are not 'yet' the majority." Oh, the sadness of our nation's demise, while the world and the blind laugh into the slavery chains of mother government. Lord help us to stand for TRUTH in your POWER because we die without YOU!

[@ronickwillis]

But, separation of Church and State...

[@Bodinie]

Rob Brundage Our nation was not founded on the principle of separation of church and state. Nay, more the deregulation of church by state. The people that started this nation sought for there own religion to be the of the state. Thus our forefathers endeavored to make no such limitation by any on man or group of people.

[@vaporwavevocap]

Rob Brundage But, that's not a law.

[@Hobbs783]

There is no separation of Church and State.

[@andreaanderson5343]

Awesome thank youu

[@fre2bmeat40]

LOVE President Reagan!! A Commander in Chief to be proud of!! Sad that our county has moved so far away from being a great nation and more towards a socialist county!! Wish there were more good men like Ronald Reagan!! Willing to be counted and standing for real morals instead of falling for anything.

[@sdfsdfsdfsdsdfsf8468]

a very capable person to deliver the truth

[@fatkinson2011]

The greatest President in my lifetime! And I just barely remember Eisenhower.

[@TheScottytooify]

a president who actually hated communism this would be so nice to have again

[@BatesKrisbates]

6:04-6:10 This is so true of the nation in its current condition.

[@benbelzer8303]

There's a great book called "Tear Down This Wall: The Reagan Revolution"... A National Review History. This speech and other amazing speeches are in it.

[@majungasaurusaaaa]

amen brother

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

"...You're the first politician who ever made it!" BWAHHAHAHAHAHA!!! THAT PUNCHLINE WAS JUST GOLD! KUDOS TO THE GIPPER!!!

[@jehu96]

people we need to get the messages of Reagan out so we can get our country back. So post this video on your facebook or other sights so everyone of our friends can here the messages of Reagan

[@yippie21]

it's a shame this is the "best" available recording of this speech.

[@BluBird37]

Amen

[@jrpark05]

What an amazing speech! He is exactly right: don't try to act above it all, and label both sides wrong. Communism is evil, and the free societies that complement free markets are good.

[@zakbrownrigg1]

America, how you have fallen.

[@piccolothegreat22]

Im glad he wasnt injured

[@ForestSavage-m1r]

Lord Jesus we need a cultural revival

[@snakewayforum]

agreed bro. Reagen is a hero.

[@ub30f]

@flint242 No one is prefect, we only strive for the betterment of humanity. Rather than apologizing for this country and the founding fathers, it is much better to understand the purpose of this country and the freedoms it has brought to more people than any other country in the world. Reagan was an integral part of that history, unlike the current path we heading down now. The county needs another Reagan, Washington, Lincoln, or Kennedy.

[@dazedandenthused8559]

And there you go. A hokey smile that damns an entire nation.

[@alexanderchenf1]

Now who save my motherland china from the new evil empire of itself

[@bobglover5192]

The only things I didnt like in this were the background voices. If there was a way that they could be edited out, that would be great. Other than that, I LOVED this speech.

[@laurenhillock]

Watch how his eyes scan the crowd. No teleprompter for the Gipper!

[@leomawalker4354]

God bless him

[@SCHMIDTDAVID13]

That was a great speech. Ronald Reagan was the greatest leader of the 20th century, much greater than Churchill, Roosevelt, Eisenhower. Those mentioned were weak and let Stalin spread Communism in the heart and Eastern part of Europe. Ronald Reagan made the Communism collapse. For East-Europeans, in particular, Ronald Reagan is a hero: He released them from the Communism slavery. Credit for this should also take the British premier Margaret Thatcher, the Pope John Paul the 2nd, and in a lesser degree, Michael Gorbachev.

[@财务自由的韭菜]

2024

[@06davidwaterman]

I wish Ronald Reagan would run for president again... ;P

[@jayluv1232]

That is what an actor sounds like playing the part of president!

[@theaznfishy]

If we could ever bring someone back to life or build a robot that could do exactly what a person could do, Reagan would be the first to be uploaded! Reagan robot army for 2012 please ;-; God Bless him.

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

Indeed!

[@Halo4Lyf]

Given that we have most of the guns, nearly all the trained personnel, and we're sitting on the vast majority of the strategically important real estate. I like our odds, frankly.

[@LandofRome]

That shirt that says "God will you bring Ronald Reagan back"

[@Dadutta]

@willyslick1 amen God bless Ronald Reagan

[@egillkarlsson5240]

SOO TRUE

[@anniesue4456]

Great times. Instead of welfare I got a hand up, a trade and a good job. I never looked back. It's been 40 years. That's what our young need. Opportunity NOT socialism!!!!

[@Marine_0317]

Greatest President of the modern world

[@Msinks100]

AMEN AMEN!!!!

[@nypd1531]

Mr. President, as you are missing.

[@kimcage6455]

The greatest American president since FDR.

[@MrTitleist2010]

No need to put down the current president or the way things are going. Disbelief in Obama is not trusting in God's plan. You may not agree with Obama or what is going on today in the government but keep in mind this is all in God's will and plan. Trusting in Him and living each day like its our last, waiting on the return of our Lord.

[@Politicalboxers]

The Political Boxers like this guy!

[@kaylaliebeck4894]

Yes it is. All up to the parents. Not government. If the parents would.

[@texaslocoman1]

God bless this man!! God bless Sarah Palin!

[@walmys2nd]

HAPPY FOURTH

[@thedetorres]

Where is last part where he says Marxism-Leninism is actually the second-oldest faith, first proclaimed in the Garden of Eden with the words of temptation, "Ye shall be as gods." The Western world can answer this challenge, he wrote, "but only provided that its faith in God and the freedom He enjoins is as great as communism's faith in Man."

[@RedRocket415]

I can't believe my generation, Generation X, is more religious than the generation it succeeded, like a third "great" awakening. You'd think people would be come less superstition as time marches on and knowledge accumulates.

[@myForumDaily]

i'm Jewish and i'm not exactly part of the "yoshka" fan club...but I gotta say...this was back when America actually believed in G-d...and it had the bracha (blessings) that came with that. America has lost it's bracha :(

[@IyaPatsyOriginalEgunlady]

We're the majority now!

[@00lilyvonshtupp]

Who is ?

[@dolphinsc1]

Majority of what? Respectfully.

[@RisingStarOfKorea]

Was Jesus the greatest man ever lived on Earth ? Yes , but only after Ronald Reagan !!

[@RickyLee444]

i agree 7rayd