"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." -- US President Ronald Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, June 12, 1987.
"The Soviet Union has no moral or political right to interfere in the affairs of its East European neighbours. They have the right to decide their own fate." -- Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev in Finland, October 1989.
"East Germans are free to travel where they like. With immediate effect." -- Guenter Schabowski, East German politburo spokesman at a press conference, November 9, 1989.
"I've just arrived from Berlin. It's like witnessing an enormous fair." -- West German chancellor Helmut Kohl, November 10, 1989.
"What belongs together is now growing together," former West German chancellor Willy Brandt, November 10, 1989.
Many small people who in many small places do many small things can alter the face of the world" - Quote painted on the Berlin wall
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