Now is
the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of
segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time
to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the
solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a
reality for all of God's children.
"Now, I say to you today, my friends, so even though
we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I
still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the
American dream. 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 people's 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.
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