And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.
There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.
Perhaps I have once again been too optimistic. Is organized religion too inextricably bound to the status quo to save our nation and the world?
We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.
As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.
I have a dream that my four little 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.
If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here li
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
I have a dream that my four little 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.
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Đôi lúc cuộc sống thật khắc nghiệt, rắn như thép đã tôi. Nó có những lúc ảm đạm và đau đớn. Như bất cứ một dòng chảy nào của một con sông, cuộc sống có những lúc khô cạn và những khi triều cường
