"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the [bad word] meaning 

of its creed: "We hold these [bad word] 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.

I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently 

dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into 

a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with 

little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain 

shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will 

be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall 

see it together."

Martin Luther King, Jr.
28 August 1963.
Washington.