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 the table of brotherhood
i have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of
injustice sweltering with the heat of 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 there 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 and every hill and mountain shall be made
low the rough places will be made plain and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory
of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together
this is our hope and this is the faith that I go back to the South with
With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope with this
faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of
brotherhood with this faith we will be able to work together to pray together to struggle together
to go to jail together to stand up for freedom together knowing that we will be free one day