I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and
live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths
to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and
the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down
together at a table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi,
a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression,
will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live
in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin
but by the content of their character. I have a dream today !!
I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists,
with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition
and nullification; one day right down in Alabama little black boys
and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and
white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted,
every hill and mountain shall be made low,
the rough places will be made plains
and the crooked places will be made straight and
the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together. »
MARTIN LUTTER KING