>> He had a dream, now we have a goal.
>> He had a dream, now we have a goal! He had a dream, now we have a goal!
>> 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."
>> One purpose, one nation, one goal! One people, one purpose, one nation, one goal!
>> A people united will never be divided! A people united will never be divided!
>> 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. I have
a dream today.
>> Martin Luther King's goal was an ongoing goal. It was an ongoing dream, because as
we all know it has not come true yet. We are not equal. We do not have equality, so we
need to keep the fight.
>> One of the things I want to point out here to is fighting toward apathy among young people.
So as young people, as faculty and staff, we all need to work against apathy. It's really
easy to sit around and watch TV and feel like a lot of progress has been made, but there's
a whole lot more progress that can be made.
>> My brother King gave me hope about the reality of society, so I can stand before
you today and say the dream you have heard about in a timeless fashion no longer sounds
just like a dream. I can be a visible member of this society and look to men and women
of all races, colors and creeds and see the glimmer of a common understanding. I can watch
as our 44th president takes his place in the Oval Office and think to myself "This is the
most beautiful and unfamiliar thing I've ever seen in my life, but I can get used to it."
>> Dr. King asked us to believe in our neighbors, to trust our neighbors, to ask our neighbors
to join us. That's what we ask ourselves today. When we look at Barack Obama's presidency,
we ask our neighbors to join us to change America. I think that's Martin Luther King's
dream. I think that's Martin Luther King's legacy.
>> He said, "If you want to be important, wonderful. If you want to be recognized, wonderful.
If you want to be great, wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be
your servant. That is a new definition of greatness. You don't have to have a college
degree to serve, you only need a heartful of grace. A soul generated by love, and you
can be that servant." Thank you.
>> When we allow freedom to 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 God's
children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will
be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last!
Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
