【正文】 that all men are created equal.”　　Ihave 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 the table of brotherhood.　　Ihave a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.　　Ihave a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color if their skin but by the content of their character.　　Ihave a dream today.　　Ihave a dream that one day down in Alabama with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.　　Ihave a dream today.　　Ihave 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.　　This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. 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.　　This will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to sing with new meaning.　　My country, ’ tis of thee,　　Sweet land of liberty,　　Of thee I sing:　　Land where my fathers died,　　Land of the pilgrims’ pride,　　From every mountainside　　Let freedom ring.　　And if America is to be a great nation this must bee true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.　　Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York!　　Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!　　Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!　　Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slops of California!　　But not only that。s pride,From every mountainside, let freedom ring!And if America is to be a great nation, this must bee true.　　And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.　　Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado.　　Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of not only that:Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.　　Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.　　Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.　　From every mountainside, let freedom ring.　　And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God39。s children will be able to sing with new meaning:My country 39。s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixtythree is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.　　But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: 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. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of