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1、-范文最新推荐- Martin Luther King, Jr.: " martin luther king, jr.: “i have a dream”i am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.five score years ago, a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, s
2、igned the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. it came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.but one hundred years later, the negro still is
3、not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. one hundred years later, the n
4、egro is still languished in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. and so weve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.in a sense weve come to our nations capital to cash a check. when the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the co
5、nstitution and the declaration of independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every american was to fall heir. this note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the “unalienable rights” of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” it is
6、 obvious today that america has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. instead of honoring this sacred obligation, america has given the negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.”but we refuse to believe that the ban
7、k of justice is bankrupt. we refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. and so, weve come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.we have also come to this hallowed spot to
8、 remind america of the fierce urgency of now. this is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of
9、 racial justice. now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of gods children.it would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. this sweltering summer of the negro
10、s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. and those who hope that the negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as
11、 usual. and there will be neither rest nor tranquility in america until the negro is granted his citizenship rights. the whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.but there is something that i must say to my people, who stand on
12、 the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: in the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. we must forever conduct our struggle on the high pla
13、ne of dignity and discipline. we must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.the marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the negro community must not lead us to a distrust
14、 of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. and they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. we cannot walk alone.and as we walk, we must ma
15、ke the pledge that we shall always march ahead.we cannot turn back.there are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, “when will you be satisfied?” we can never be satisfied as long as the negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. we can never be satisfied as long
16、 as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. we cannot be satisfied as long as a negro in mississippi cannot vote and a negro in new york believes he has nothing for which to vote. no, no, we are not satisfied, and
17、we will not be satisfied until “justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”¹i am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. and some of you have come from areas where your q
18、uest - quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. you have been the veterans of creative suffering. continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. go back to mississippi, go back to alabama, go back to sout
19、h carolina, go back to georgia, go back to louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. let us not wallow in the valley of despair, i say to you today, my friends.and so even though we face the difficulties of today
20、and tomorrow, 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 one day on the red hill
21、s of georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.i have a dream that one day even the state of mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transfor
22、med into an oasis of freedom and justice.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!i have a dream that one day, down in alabama, with its vicious racis
23、ts, 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.i have a dream today!i have a dream that o
24、ne 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.”²this is our hope, and this is the faith that
25、 i go back to the south with.with this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. with this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. with this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray
26、together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.and this will be the day - this will be the day when all of gods children will be able to sing with new meaning:my country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee i sing
27、. land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring! and if america is to be a great nation, this must become true.and so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of new hampshire. let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of new york. let freedo
28、m ring from the heightening alleghenies of pennsylvania. let freedom ring from the snow-capped rockies of colorado. let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of california. but not only that: let freedom ring from stone mountain of georgia. let freedom ring from lookout mountain of tennessee. let
29、freedom ring from every hill and molehill of mississippi.from every mountainside, let freedom ring.and when this happens, when we allow freedom 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 gods childr
30、en, 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! geraldine ferraro: 1984 vice presidential nomination acceptance addressladies a
31、nd gentlemen of the convention: my name is geraldine ferraro. i stand before you to proclaim tonight: america is the land where dreams can come true for all of us. as i stand before the american people and think of the honor this great convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of dr. marti
32、n luther king jr., who made america stronger by making america more free. he said, “occasionally in life there are moments which cannot be completely explained by words. their meaning can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.” tonight is such a moment for me. my heart is filled
33、 with pride. my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination for vice president of the united states. and i am proud to run with a man who will be one of the great presidents of this century, walter f. mondale. tonight, the daughter of a woman whose highest goal was a future for her children ta
34、lks to our nations oldest party about a future for us all. tonight, the daughter of working americans tells all americans that the future is within our reach, if were willing to reach for it. tonight, the daughter of an immigrant from italy has been chosen to run for vice president in the new land m
35、y father came to love. our faith that we can shape a better future is what the american dream is all about. the promise of our country is that the rules are fair. if you work hard and play by the rules, you can earn your share of americas blessings. those are the beliefs i learned from my parents. a
36、nd those are the values i taught my students as a teacher in the public schools of new york city. at night, i went to law school. i became an assistant district attorney, and i put my share of criminals behind bars. i believe if you obey the law, you should be protected. but if you break the law, yo
37、u must pay for your crime. when i first ran for congress, all the political experts said a democrat could not win my home district in queens. i put my faith in the people and the values that we shared. together, we proved the political experts wrong. in this campaign, fritz mondale and i have put ou
38、r faith in the people. and we are going to prove the experts wrong again. we are going to win. we are going to win because americans across this country believe in the same basic dream. last week, i visited elmore, minnesota, the small town where fritz mondale was raised. and soon fritz and joan wil
39、l visit our family in queens. nine hundred people live in elmore. in queens, there are 2,000 people on one block. you would think we would be different, but were not. children walk to school in elmore past grain elevators; in queens, they pass by subway stops. but, no matter where they live, their f
40、uture depends on education, and their parents are willing to do their part to make those schools as good as they can be. in elmore, there are family farms; in queens, small businesses. but the men and women who run them all take pride in supporting their families through hard work and initiative. on
41、 the 4th of july in elmore, they hang flags out on main street; in queens, they fly them over grand avenue. but all of us love our country, and stand ready to defend the freedom that it represents. americans want to live by the same set of rules. but under this administration, the rules are rigged a
42、gainst too many of our people. it isnt right that every year the share of taxes paid by individual citizens is going up, while the share paid by large corporations is getting smaller and smaller. the rules say: everyone in our society should contribute their fair share. it isnt right that this year
43、ronald reagan will hand the american people a bill for interest on the national debt larger than the entire cost of the federal government under john f. kennedy. our parents left us a growing economy. the rules say: we must not leave our kids a mountain of debt. it isnt right that a woman should get
44、 paid 59 cents on the dollar for the same work as a man. if you play by the rules, you deserve a fair days pay for a fair days work. it isnt right that, if trends continue, by the year 2000 nearly all of the poor people in america will be women and children. the rules of a decent society say: when y
45、ou distribute sacrifice in times of austerity, you dont put women and children first. it isnt right that young people today fear they wont get the social security they paid for, and that older americans fear that they will lose what they have already earned. social security is a contract between the
46、 last generation and the next, and the rules say: you dont break contracts. we are going to keep faith with older americans. we hammered out a fair compromise in the congress to save social security. every group sacrificed to keep the system sound. it is time ronald reagan stopped scaring our senior
47、 citizens. it isnt right that young couples question whether to bring children into a world of 50,000 nuclear warheads. that isnt the vision for which americans have struggled for more than two centuries. and our future doesnt have to be that way. change is in the air, just as surely as when john ke
48、nnedy beckoned america to a new frontier; when sally ride rocketed into space; and when reverend jesse jackson ran for the office of president of the united states. by choosing a woman to run for our nations second highest office, you send a powerful signal to all americans: there are no doors we cannot unlock. we will place no limits on achievement. if we can do this, we can do anything. tonight, we recla