ihaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofgeorgia,soofformerslavesandsoofformerslave-ownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratthetableofbrotherhood.ihaveadreamthatoneday,eventhestateofmiiii,astateswelteringwiththeheatofinjustice,swelteringwiththeheatoforeion,willbetraformedintoanoasisoffreedomandjustice.
ihaveadreammyfourlittlechildrenwillonedayliveinanationwheretheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythecontentoftheircharacter.
ihaveadreamtoday! ihaveadreamthatonedaydowninalabama,withitsviciousracists,withitsgovernorhavinghislidriingwiththewordsofinterpositionandnullification,onedayrightthereinalabamalittleblackboysandblackgirlswillbeabletojoinhandswithlittlewhiteboysandwhitegirlsassistersandbrothers.
ihaveadreamtoday.
ihaveadreamthatonedayeveryvalleyshallbeexalted,everyhillandmountainshallbemadelow,theroughplacesshallbemadeplain,andthecrookedplacesshallbemadestraightandthegloryofthelordwillberevealedandallfleshshallseeittogether.
thisisourhope.thisisthefaiththatigobacktothesouthwith.
withthisfaithwewillbeabletohewoutofthemountainofdeairastoneofhope.
withthisfaithwewillbeabletotraformthejanglingdiscordsofournationintoabeautifulsymphonyofbrotherhood.
withthisfaithwewillbeabletoworktogether,topraytogether,togotojailtogether,knowingthatwewillbefreeoneday.
thiswillbethedaywhenallofgod''schildrenwillbeabletosingwithnewmeaning-"mycountry''tisofthee;sweetlandofliberty;oftheeising;landwheremyfathersdied,landofthepilgrim''spride;fromeverymountainside,letfreedomring"-andifamericaistobeagreatnation,thismustbecometrue.
soletfreedomring--fromtheprodigioushilltoofnewhamhire,letfreedomring;fromthemightymountaiofnewyork.letfreedomring--fromthehe