I'm betting you missed this one:
Belmont Club » The Last 20 Minutes: "To me, Ronald Reagans’s greatest moment came in August, 1991, when the Communist coup collapsed in Moscow. On CBS’ 24 Hours show, they had live, from Moscow, the Foreign Minister of the Federal republic of Russia, and they eagerly pressed him on what would happen next.
He replied “First I have to say something. We in Russia have been told all our lives that the Western Democracies were our enemies. We know now that they are our best friends. The Soviet Union was not a union; it was an evil empire.”
To hear Ronald Reagan’s most ridiculed words come from one of the highest officials in Russia, right after breaking the back of the Soviet system, really said it all.
The CBS news crew just giggled."
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