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Velvet Glove, Fist of Steel: Ronald Reagan’s Berlin Wall Speech

This installment of ‘When Character Counted’ spotlights a man, four one-syllable words, and a turning point in history.

President Ronald Reagan gives his famous “Tear down this wall!” speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, on June 12, 1987. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum

Jeff Minick
11/7/2026|Updated: 11/7/2026

Character is a word often used but rarely defined.

Sometimes it serves as a neutral expression of description, as in Martin Luther King’s famous remark: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

On the other hand, we often associate character with positive virtues. Dennis Prager took this approach in a 2014 Facebook comment: “Goodness is about character; integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.”

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