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during the gettysburg address, he said that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have dieds nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from this earth. beautiful. >> beautiful words. i think it was a seminole moment in lincoln's development and the nation because he made the war something more than just union. up to that point the war was just about keeping the union together. he said it is a new birth of freedom, freeing the slaves, correcting the declaration of independence which said all men are created equal but really didn't mean that. i think it was a pivotal turning point for lincoln and the country. >> we want to look at one of the most pivotal moments and powerful speeches, ronald reagan's evil empire speech. take a listen here. >> in your discussions of the nuclear freeze proposals, i urge you to beware of the temptation of pride, the temptation of blithely declaring yourself above it all and label both sides equally at fault. to ignore the facts of history and aggressive imp

i'll read this, lincoln at gettysburg and his gettysburg address, when people could barely hear him standingt we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. >> this has to be about freedom. it was really the first time he said publicly this was not just about holding the union together but giving a new birth of freedom to slaves and creating a new declaration of independence. it was the moment for lincoln when he finally said, this is about more than just holding the union together. >> and franklin roosevelt shortly after the attack on pearl harbor saying this, take a listen. >> december 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. >> people saying he awakened a sleeping giant in the united states, right? >> that really did. i think what's pivotal of that moment is really about a year earlier franklin roosevelt got the united states into the war helping britain during its greatest need. and if you remember, at the t