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.
Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
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
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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 straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
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 together at the table of brotherhood.
And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.
In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.
When we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city...
Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
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