ioncanandwillbechanged。
Letusnotwallowinthevalleyofdespair;Isaytoyoutoday;myfriends。
Andsoeventhoughwefacethedifficultiesoftodayandtomorrow;Istillhaveadream。ItisadreamdeeplyrootedintheAmericandream。
Ihaveadreamthatonedaythisnationwillriseupandliveoutthetruemeaningofitscreed:〃Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident;thatallmenarecreatedequal。〃
IhaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofGeorgia;thesonsofformerslavesandthesonsofformerslaveownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratthetableofbrotherhood。
IhaveadreamthatonedayeventhestateofMississippi;astateswelteringwiththeheatofinjustice;swelteringwiththeheatofoppression;willbetransformedintoanoasisoffreedomandjustice。
Ihaveadreamthatmyfourlittlechildrenwillonedayliveinanationwheretheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythecontentoftheircharacter。
Ihaveadreamtoday!
Ihaveadreamthatoneday;downinAlabama;withitsviciousracists;withitsgovernorhavinghislipsdrippingwiththewordsof〃interposition〃and〃nullification〃--onedayrightthereinAlabamalittleblackboysandblackgirlswillbeabletojoinhandswithlittlewhiteboysandwhitegirlsassistersandbrothers。
Ihaveadreamtoday!
Ihaveadreamthatonedayeveryvalleyshallbeexalted;andeveryhillandmountainshallbemadelow;theroughplaceswillbemadeplain;andthecrookedplaceswillbemadestraight;〃andthegloryoftheLordshallberevealedandallfleshshallseeittogether。〃?
Thisisourhope;andthisisthefaiththatIgobacktotheSouthwith。
Withthisfaith;wewillbeabletohewoutofthem