This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy - a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few.
Interpretation
This quote expresses the aspiration for true equality and justice in American democracy.
Martin Luther King, Jr. articulates the vision of an America where democracy is fully realized through the fulfillment of equal opportunities for all its citizens. He emphasizes the importance of distributing wealth and privileges equitably, advocating for a society in which basic needs are met for everyone rather than allowing the few to thrive at the expense of the many.
In practice
In a speech about social justice, refer to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s quote to emphasize the need for equality in our society.
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.
I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different. As would the history of aviation, of course.
The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.
This is the book I never read ~ These are the words I never said ~ This is the path I'll never tread ~ These are the dreams I'll dream instead
Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered.
We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.
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