"...that one day this nation will rise up and
live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all
men are created equal.' I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons
of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a
table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert
state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an
oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of
their character. I have a dream today."