Ihaveadream……Isaytoyou,myfriends,soeventhoughwemustfacethedifficultiesoftodayandtomorrow,Istillhaveadream.ItisadreamdeeplyrootedintheAmericandream.Ihaveadreamthatonedaythisnationwillriseupandliveoutthetruemeaningofitscreed-weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident,thatallmenarecreatedequal.IhaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofGeorgia,sonsofformerslavesandsonsofformerslave-ownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratthetableofbrotherhood.Ihaveadreamthatoneday,eventhestateofMississippi,astateswelteringwiththeheatofinjustice,swelteringwiththeheatofoppression,willbetransformedintoanoasisoffreedomandjustice.Ihaveadreammyfourlittlechildrenwillonedayliveinanationwheretheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythecontentoftheircharacter.Ihaveadreamtoday!IhaveadreamthatonedaydowninAlabama,withitsviciousracists,withitsgovernorhavinghislipsdrippingwiththewordsofinterpositionandnullification,onedayrightthereinAlabamalittleblackboysandblackgirlswillbeabletojoinhandswithlittlewhiteboysandwhitegirlsassistersandbrothers.Ihaveadreamtoday.Ihaveadreamthatonedayeveryvalleyshallbeexalted,everyhillandmountainshallbemadelow,theroughplacesshallbemadeplain,andthecrookedplacesshallbemadestraightandthegloryoftheLordwillberevealedandallfleshshallseeittogether.Thisisourhope.ThisisthefaiththatIgobacktotheSouthwith.Withthisfaithwewillbeabletohewoutofthemountainofdespairastoneofhope.Withthisfaithwewillbeabletotransformthejanglingdiscordsofournationintoabeautifulsymphonyofbrotherhood.Withthisfaithwewillbeabletoworktogether,topraytogether,togotojailtogether,knowingthatwewillbefreeoneday.ThiswillbethedaywhenallofGod'schildrenwillbeabletosingwithnewmeaning-"mycountry'tisofthee;sweetlandofliberty;oftheeIsing;landwheremyfathersdied,landofthepilgrim'spride;fromeverymountainside,letfreedomring"-andifAmericaistobeagreatnation,thismustbecometrue.Soletfreedomring--fromtheprodigioushilltopsofNewHampshire,letfreedomring;fromthemightymountainsofNewYork.Letfreedomring--fromtheheighteningAllegheniesofPennsylvania.Letfreedomringfromthesnow-cappedRockiesofColorado.LetfreedomringfromthecurvaceousslopesofCalifornia.Butnotonlythat.LetfreedomringfromtheStoneMountainofGeorgia.LetfreedomringfromLookoutMountainofTennessee.LetfreedomringfromeveryhillandmolehillofMississippi,fromeverymountainside,letfreedomring.Whenweallowfreedomtoring,whenweletitringfromeveryvillageandhamlet,fromeverystateandcity,wewillbeabletospeedupthatdaywhenallofGod'schildren-blackmenandwhitemen,JewsandGentiles,CatholicsandProtestants-willbeabletojoinhandsandtosinginthewordsoftheoldNegrospiritual,"Freeatlast,freeatlast;thankGodAlmighty,wearefreeatlast."