I’ve been rereading The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism and a quote that stands out to me is from Reagan’s 1982 speech, delivered a year after surviving an assassination attempt. He boldly denounced both fascism and communism, stating they “deny the existence of God and those God-given liberties that are the inalienable right of each person on this planet.” Reagan emphasized that the Soviet actions in Poland were acts of brutality, not policy aberrations. His unwavering belief that the USSR was weak, propped up by police terror and nuclear threats, fueled his conviction that its unnatural regime […]