I have a dream speech 💖

in August 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial...

We have come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now.
Now is the time to rise from the dark, desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.
Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.
I have a dream that one day every valley will be exalted and every hill and mountain 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.
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.
With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together knowing that we will be free one day.

~martin luther king jr.

beautiful words. as true today as they were then.