mustforeverconductourstruggleonthehighlaneofdignityanddisciline。Wemustnotallowourcreativerotesttodegenerateintohysicalviolence。Againandagainwemustrisetothemajesticheightsofmeetinghysicalforcewithsoulforce。ThemarvelousnewmilitancywhichhasengulfedtheNegrocommunitymustnotleadustodistrustofallwhiteeole,formanyofourwhitebrothers,asevidencedbytheirresenceheretoday,havecometorealizethattheirdestinyistieduwithourdestinyandtheirfreedomisinextricablyboundtoourfreedom。Wecannotwalkalone。
Andaswewalk,wemustmaketheledgethatweshallmarchahead。Wecannotturnback。Therearethosewhoareaskingthedevoteesofcivilrights,“Whenwillyoubesatisfied?”WecanneverbesatisfiedaslongastheNegroisthevictimoftheunseakablehorrorsofolicebrutality。
Wecanneverbesatisfiedaslongasourbodies,heavywiththefatigueoftravel,cannotgainlodginginthemotelsofthehighwaysandthehotelsofthecities。
WecannotbesatisfiedaslongastheNegro’sbasicmobilityisfromasmallerghettotoalargerone。
Wecanneverbesatisfiedaslongasourchildrenarestriedoftheirselfhoodandrobbedoftheirdignitybysignsstating“ForWhitesOnly”。
WecanneverbesatisfiedaslongasaNegroinMississiicannotvoteandaNegroinNewYorkbelieveshehasnothingforwhichtovote。No,no,wearenotsatisfied,andwewillnotbesatisfieduntiljusticerollsdownlikewatersandrighteousnesslikeamightystream。
Iamnotunmindfulthatsomeofyouhavecomehereoutofgreattrialsandtribulations。Someofyouhavecomefreshfromnarrowjailcells。Someofyouhavecomefromareaswhereyourquestforfreedomleftyoubatteredbythestormsofersecutionandstaggeredbythewindsofolicebrutality。Youhavebeentheveteransofcreativesuffering。Continuetoworkwiththefaiththatunearnedsufferingisredemtive。
GobacktoMississii,gobacktoAlabama,gobacktoSouthCarolina,gobacktoGeorgia,gobacktoLouisiana,gobacktotheslumsandghettosofourNortherncities,knowingthatsomehowthissituationcanandwillbechanged。Letusnotwallowinthevalleyofdesair。
Isaytoyoutoday,myfriends,thatinsiteofthedifficultiesandfrustrationsofthemoment,Istillhaveadream。ItisadreamdeelyrootedintheAmericandream。
Ihaveadreamthatonedaythisnationwillriseuandliveoutthetruemeaningofitscreed:“Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident:thatallmenarecreatedequal。”
IhaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofGeorgiathesonsofformerslavesandthesonsofformerslave-ownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratatableofbrotherhood。
IhaveadreamthatonedayeventhestateofMississii,adesertstate,swelteringwiththeheatofinjusticeandoression,willbetransformedintoanoasisoffreedomandjustice。
Ihaveadreamthatmyfourlittlechildrenwillonedayliveinanationwheretheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythecontentoftheircharacter。
Ihaveadreamtoday。
IhaveadreamthatonedaythestateofAlabama,whosegovernor’slisareresentlydriingwiththewordsofinterositionandnullification,willbetransformedintoasituationwherelittleblackboysandblackgirlswillbeabletojoinhandswithlittlewhiteboysandwhitegirlsandwalktogetherassistersandbrothers。
Ihaveadreamtoday。
Ihaveadreamthatonedayeveryvalleyshallbeexalted,everyhillandmountainshallbemadelow,theroughlaceswillbemadelain,andthecrookedlaceswillbemadestraight,andthegloryoftheLordshallberevealed,andallfleshshallseeittogether。
Thisisourhoe。ThisisthefaithwithwhichIreturntotheSouth。Withthisfaithwewillbeabletohewoutofthemountainofdesairastoneofhoe。Withthisfaithwewillbeabletotransformthejanglingdiscordsofournationintoabeautifulsymhonyofbrotherhood。Withthisfaithwewillbeabletoworktogether,toraytogether,tostruggletogether,togotojailtogether,tostanduforfreedomtogether,knowingthatwewillbefreeoneday。
ThiswillbethedaywhenallofGod’schildrenwillbeabletosingwithanewmeaning,“Mycountry’tisofthee,sweetlandofliberty,oftheeIsing。Landwheremyfathersdied,landoftheilgrim’sride,fromeverymountainside,letfreedomring。”
AndifAmericaistobeagreatnation,thismustbecometrue。
SoletfreedomringfromtherodigioushilltosofNewHamshire。LetfreedomringfromthemightymountainsofNewYork。LetfreedomringfromtheheighteningAllegheniesofPennsylvania!
LetfreedomringfromthesnowcaedRockiesofColorado!
LetfreedomringfromthecurvaceouseaksofCalifornia!
Butnotonlythat;letfreedomringfromStoneMountainofGeorgia!
LetfreedomringfromLookoutMountainofTennessee!
LetfreedomringfromeveryhillandeverymolehillofMississii。Fromeverymountainside,letfreedomring。
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