Chancellor Kohl, Governing Mayor Diepgen, ladies and gentlemen:

Twenty-four years ago, President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin, speaking to the people of this city and the world at the City Hall. Well, since then two other presidents have come, each in his turn, to Berlin. And today I, myself, make my second visit to your city.

We come to Berlin, we American presidents, because it's our duty to speak, in this place, of freedom. But I must confess, we're drawn here by other things as well: by the feeling of history in this city, more than 500 years older than our own nation; by the beauty of the Grunewald and the Tiergarten; most of all, by your courage and determination. Perhaps the composer Paul Lincke understood something about American presidents. You see, like so many presidents before me, I come here today because wherever I go, whatever I do: “Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin.” [I still have a suitcase in Berlin.]

Our gathering today is being broadcast throughout Western Europe and North America. I understand that it is being seen and heard as well in the East. . . . To those listening in East Berlin, a special word: Although I cannot be with you, I address my remarks to you just as surely as to those standing here before me. For I join you, as I join your fellow countrymen in the West, in this firm, this unalterable belief: Es gibt nur ein Berlin. [There is only one Berlin.]

–“Tear Down This Wall” speech,
Ronald Reagan

Which quotation from the passage best states Reagan’s message?

“‘Es gibt nur ein Berlin.’ [There is only one Berlin.]”
“And today I, myself, make my second visit to your city.”
“But I must confess, we're drawn here by other things as well.”
“‘Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin.’ [I still have a suitcase in Berlin.]”

Respuesta :

The quotation from the passage that best describe President Ronald Reagan message is “‘Es gibt nur ein Berlin.’ [There is only one Berlin.]”.

Because the “Tear Down This Wall” speech was about his thoughts of the need of ending the segregation of Germany, which was divided by the wall and kept guarded by armed men from Soviet Union. He said “in Berlin where the wall emerges most clearly” it shows the marks of this brutal division that was preventing men from living freedom fully.

The quotation that best encapsulates what Ronald Reagan's message was is “‘Es gibt nur ein Berlin.’ [There is only one Berlin.]”

During the Cold War:

  • Berlin was divided into West and East Berlin.
  • The Soviet Union built a wall to enforce this division.

This division made Berlin seem as though it was two separate cities with. Ronald Reagan was against this division and by saying that there was only One Berlin, he was saying that the wall should be torn down and the city reunited.

In conclusion, option A is correct.

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