IHaveaDream
马丁·路德·金 / MartinLutherking, Jr
Ihaveadreamthatonedaythisnationwillriseupandliveoutthetreemeaningofitscreed: “Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident: thatallmenarecreatedequal.”
IhaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofGeorgiathesonsofformerslavesandthesonsofformerslave-ownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratatableofbrotherhood.
IhaveadreamthatonedayeventhestateofMississippi, adesertstate, swelteringwiththeheatofinjusticeandoppression, willbetransformedintoanoasisoffreedomandjustice.
Ihaveadreamthatmyfourlittlechildrenwillonedayliveinanationwheretheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythecontentoftheircharacter.
Ihaveadreamtoday.
IhaveadreamthatonedaythestateofAlabama, whosegovernor’slipsarepresentlydrippingwiththewordsof “interposition” and “nullification”, willbetransformedintoasituationwherelittleblackboysandblackgirlswillbeabletojoinhandswithlittlewhiteboysandwhitegirlsandwalktogetherassistersandbrothers.
Ihaveadreamtoday.
Ihaveadreamthatonedayeveryvalleyshallbeexalted, everyhillandmountainshallbemadelow, theroughplaceswillbemadeplain, andthecrookedplaceswillbemadestraight, andthegloryoftheLordshallberevealed, andallfleshshallseeittogether.
, topraytogether, tostruggletogether, togotojailtogether, tostandupforfreedomtogether, knowingthatwewillbefreeoneday.
ThiswillbethedaywhenallofGod’schildrenwillbeabletosingwithanewmeaning, “Mycountry, ’tisofthee, sweetlandofliberty, , landofthepilgrim’spride, fromeverymountainside, letfreedomring.”