I Have A Dream Speech Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr., Simon Sinek, Martin Luther, Samuel Francis Smith, Andrew Young, Maya Angelou and many others.
Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.
Dr. King gave the “I have a dream” speech, not the “I have a plan” speech.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
My country, ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim’s pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.
Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’
In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.
I have a dream 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
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.
We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy
We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring!
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring!
