thefatigueoftravel；cannotgainlodginginthemotelsofthehighwaysandthehotelsofthecities。WecannotbesatisfiedaslongastheNegro'；sbasicmobilityisfromasmallerghettotoalargerone。WecanneverbesatisfiedaslongasaNegroinMississippicannotvoteandaNegroinNewYorkbelieveshehasnothingforwhichtovote。No；no；wearenotsatisfied；andwewillnotbesatisfieduntiljusticerollsdownlikewatersandrighteousnesslikeamightystream。
Iamnotunmindfulthatsomeofyouhaveehereoutofgreattrialsandtribulations。Someofyouhaveefreshfromnarrowcells。Someofyouhaveefromareaswhereyourquestforfreedomleftyoubatteredbythestormsofpersecutionandstaggeredbythewindsofpolicebrutality。Youhavebeentheveteransofcreativesuffering。Continuetoworkwiththefaiththatunearnedsufferingisredemptive。
GobacktoMississippi；gobacktoAlabama；gobacktoGeorgia；gobacktoLouisiana；gobacktotheslumsandghettosofournortherncities；knowingthatsomehowthissituationcanandwillbechanged。Letusnotwallowinthevalleyofdespair。Isaytoyoutoday；myfriends；thatinspiteofthedifficultiesandfrustrationsofthemoment；Istillhaveadream。ItisadreamdeeplyrootedintheAmericandream。
Ihaveadreamthatonedaythisnationwillriseupandliveoutthetruemeaningofitscreed：〃；Weholdthesetruthstobeself…evident：thatallmenarecreatedequal。〃；IhaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofGeorgiathesonsofformerslavesandthesonsofformerslaveownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratatableofbrotherhood。IhaveadreamthatonedayeventhestateofMississippi；adesertstate；swelteringwiththeheatofinjusticeandoppression；willbetransformedintoanoasisoffreedomandjustice。Ihaveadreamthatmyfourchildrenwillonedayliveinanationwheretheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythecontentoftheircharac