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  1. Apr 2015
    1. I wonder if they have ever asked themselves that if they should have the kind of government they apparently seek, no one would ever be able to do what they're doing again.

      A few glittering generalities in this one sentence: "the kind of government they apparently seek" and "what they're doing". Who is "they"? What are they doing? What is this government they seek? Why does Reagan end his speech with an open ended statement? The rest of the speech talks about how tearing down the wall is important for "freedom of all mankind" and reuniting Berlin, but suddenly change the topic to what the Soviets might or might not be doing and how it hurts themselves without any specifics.