„Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!“

— Ronald Reagan

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„General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!“
— Ronald Reagan
„Poland reminds us that sometimes the smallest steps, however imperfect, can ultimately tear down walls, can ultimately transform the world.“
— Barack Obama
„I’m wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there: not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart: but really with it, and in it.“
— Emily Brontë
„Not that I'd grudge a tearfor any man gone down to meet his fate.What other tribute can we pay to wretched menthan to cut a lock, let tears roll down our cheeks?“
— Homér
„Today, 60 years after they rose up against oppression, we remember the East German heroes of June 17th. When the wall finally came down, it was their dreams that were fulfilled. Their strength and their passion, their enduring example remind us that for all the power of militaries, for all the authority of governments, it is citizens who choose whether to be defined by a wall, or whether to tear it down.“
— Barack Obama
„Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end.“
— Paulo Coelho