Presidents throughout history have been known for coining a phrase that defines their legacy. With Dwight Eisenhower, it was the "military-industrial complex"; Richard Nixon, "I am not a crook." For President Ronald Reagan, it was in his remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals on March 8, 1983 where he described the Soviet Union as the "evil empire." Reagan's terminology brought the complicated issues of the Cold War and nuclear weapons to the easily understood level of good (U.S.) vs. evil (U.S.S.R.).
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