Who coined the phrase evil empire for Ronald Reagan's 1983 speech?
Anthony R. Dolan, Ronald Reagan's chief speechwriter in 1983, coined the phrase evil empire for the president to use.
Questions about Evil Empire speech
Short answers, pulled from the story.
When did Ronald Reagan deliver the evil empire speech at the National Association of Evangelicals convention?
Reagan spoke at the 41st annual convention of the National Association of Evangelicals on the 8th of March 1983, in the Citrus Crown Ballroom of the Sheraton Twin Towers Hotel in Orlando, Florida.
Why did White House staffers initially strike the evil empire portion from drafts of the speech?
White House staffers who saw drafts of the speech repeatedly struck the evil empire portion because they concluded the event would be minor and unlikely to attract attention.
How did Soviet state-run press agency TASS respond to the evil empire speech delivered by Ronald Reagan?
In Moscow, the Soviet state-run press agency TASS said the words demonstrated the administration could think only in terms of confrontation and labeled it bellicose lunatic anti-communism.
What was Ronald Reagan's position on calling the Soviet Union an evil empire during his second term in office?
During his second term in office in May June 1988 more than five years after using the term evil empire Reagan responded that he no longer thought the Soviet Union was an evil empire when asked by a reporter.