"I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are
resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe we
must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our
help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic
stability and orderly political processes."
-By President Harry Truman, address before a joint session of Congress articulating what
would become known as the Truman Doctrine, 1947
"We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together,
that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.... 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, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
-By Ronald Reagan, in an address at Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on June 12, 1987.
Reagan's excerpted speech best reflects which of the following developments in United
States foreign policy:
A an urgent demand that freedom and democracy replace communism in the U.S.S.R
B The expansion of peacekeeping efforts
Caution resulting from earlier setbacks in international affairs
(D) The pursuit of free trade worldwide