There is a power in moral clarity that Reagan understood well.

Ronald Reagan’s “Evil Empire” speech gave hope to the oppressed in the Soviet Union

Ronald Reagan’s “Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida” of March 8, 1983, were plain speaking and straight truth about the Soviet Union.

40 years ago today in 1983, Ronald Reagan delivered his famous “Evil Empire” speech.

On March 8, 1983, that Ronald Reagan delivered one of his most provocative and memorable speeches, referring to the Soviet Union as “the focus of evil in the modern world.”

Historian Paul Johnson once observed that one of the most important qualities of a statesman is the capacity to make moral distinctions.