JFK made this awesome little gem of a speech in 1963. Reagan's Berlin Wall speech was given in 1987. Two POTUSes visited the city of Berlin between 1963 and 1987.

So why is this speech important?

Because these speeches are companion pieces. They're like bookends, or salt and pepper shakers. Is it crucial to pair them up? No, but it sure does make seasoning food easier. And holding up books.

Okay, we're walking away from both of those analogies…

…and walking right back to JFK.

Did he really say he was a jelly doughnut during this speech? No he did not, but he did say he was a Berliner because it was a totally clever play on an old (like crazy old) Roman phrase: "civis Romanus sum" ("I am a Roman citizen").

Anyway, Reagan directly references JFK's Berlin trip twice, and he carries on that whole "Berliner" theme by throwing in his own German phrases and telling the world that we're all citizens of Berlin.