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Evil Empire speech

Evil Empire speech
Reagan, smiling, standing behind a lectern with the presidential seal and a microphone. Behind him is a banner for the convention, with the slogan "Change Your World" and the title "41st. Annual Convention NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS". Behind the banner are curtains. In front of the banner and curtains but behind Reagan are two rows of seated people, about 20 total. Most seem in good spirits with smiles and expressiveness. Most are Caucasian men. Two women are visible, as is a Black man.
Reagan in the Citrus Crown Ballroom
DateMarch 8, 1983 (1983-03-08)
VenueSheraton Twin Towers Hotel
LocationOrlando, Florida, US
ParticipantsRonald Reagan
The full text of the speech at Wikisource

The "Evil Empire" speech was a speech delivered by US President Ronald Reagan to the National Association of Evangelicals on March 8, 1983, at the height of the Cold War and the Soviet–Afghan War. In that speech, Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an "evil empire" and as "the focus of evil in the modern world". Reagan explicitly rejected the notion that the United States and the Soviet Union were equally responsible for the Cold War and the ongoing nuclear arms race between the two nations; rather, he asserted that the conflict was a battle between good and evil.

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