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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed:
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
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I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners...
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...will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
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I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, ...
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...sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
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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.
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....little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
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I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low,
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the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight,
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and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
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With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.
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With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
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...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.
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Land where my father's died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!"
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And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
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Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
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Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
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Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.
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Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.
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But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
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Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
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Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi -- from every mountainside, let freedom ring.
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"Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
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