um sonho maior que a vida

Emocionei-me a primeira vez que ouvi estas palavras. Com os olhos rasos de água e a pele arrepiada comovi-me pelo entusiasmo do homem que as proferiu, pela clareza das suas convicções, pelo valor dos seus desejos, pela grandeza dos seus actos, pela sua coragem, pela valentia que demonstrou e por lutar pelos seus sonhos. Acima de tudo por defender o seu sonho e por valoriza-lo até mais do que a própria vida.


"I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
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.
I have a dream that my four 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.
I have a dream that one day 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!"

Martin Luther King