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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed:
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.
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I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia,
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the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners
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will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
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I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi,
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a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression
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will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
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I have a dream that my four little children will one day
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live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin
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but by the content of their character.
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I have a dream today.
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I have a dream that one day down in Alabama with its vicious racists,
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with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification,
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one day right down in Alabama little Black boys and Black girls
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will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls
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as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today.
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I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted,
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every hill and mountain shall be made low,
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the rough places will be made plain,
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and the crooked places will be made straight,
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and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
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and all flesh shall see it together.
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This is our hope.
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This is the faith that I go back to the South with.
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With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.
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