Evil Empire Speech Theme of Sin

Here's the thing about sin: everybody does it. In "The Evil Empire," President Reagan was super honest about America's sins—and about the lessons we learned from them.

Humans aren't perfect (except for Emma Watson, probably), but Ronnie's says that doesn't matter if we learn from our mistakes, and try to prevent similar injustices in the future. He believed, along with many other westerners, that communism was evil, a sin, and it was the responsibility of those in the know to try and fix it.

1. At the beginning of his speech, Reagan tells a funny anecdote about a politician arriving in heaven. Why did he choose make that joke?
2. What is Reagan trying to accomplish by detailing all the ways religion is still part of government procedures?
3. Why does Reagan compare communism to the original temptation in the Garden of Eden in line 162? What point is he trying to make?

Ronald Reagan believed the most dangerous part of the Soviet Union was its atheistic ideologies.

The sins in America's history are absolved because the nation has taken time to acknowledge them, and make amends.