„Van egy álmom a mai napon! Van egy álmom: egy napon minden völgy fölemelkedik, minden hegy és halom lesüllyed, az egyenetlen egyenessé lesz és a dombvidék síksággá! Mert megjelenik az Úr dicsősége, látni fogja minden ember. Ez a mi reménységünk. Ezzel a hittel térek vissza Délre.”
I Have a Dream (1963)
Eredeti: I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and 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, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.
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I Have a Dream (1963)
Eredeti: I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there 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.

„Az éjszakák az álmokon keresztül mesélik el a nappal elfeledett meséket.”