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Reagan's Brandenburg Gate speech: paragraph 10

This clip corresponds to paragraph 10 of the Brandenburg Gate Speech article.

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- Where there was want, today there's abundance. Food, clothing, automobiles, the wonderful goods of the Ku'damm. (crowd cheering) From devastation, from utter ruin, you Berliners have in freedom rebuilt a city that once again ranks as one of the greatest on Earth. The Soviets may have had other plans, but my friends, there were a few things the Soviets didn't count on. (crowd cheering) Berliner Herz, Berliner Humor, ja, und Berliner Schnauze. (crowd cheering and applauding)