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Lessons of the Cold War with Peter Robinson

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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The Importance of Courage in the Cold War

"The future isn't what it used to be," Reagan said in a speech. "I have come to think that for years, I wondered what difference did it really make?" He says ordinary people who heard the speech and thought at some level: Maybe there could be a world without that wall. The idea that an American president comes and gives a speech was not a happy experience for West Germans during the Cold War.

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