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I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today 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 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.”
And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
Let freedom ring from the snowcapped 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 freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
“What will you do without freedom? Will you fight? Fight and you may die; run, and you’ll live, at least a while. And dying in your beds many years from now, how many of you would be willing to trade all the days, from that one to this, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives but they’ll never take our freedom? ALBA GU BRA! (FREEDOM FOREVER)”
A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self- preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property, and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.
The trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both.
FREEDOM IS NOT FOR THE TIMID.
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
One man with courage makes a majority.
God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
Those who profess to favor freedom, yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightening. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. The Romans used to say that courage is not the only virtue, but it’s the only one that makes the other virtues possible. How far will you take yourself? The question is not how far. The question is, do you possess the constitution, the depth of faith, to go as far as is needed?
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.
A people may prefer a free government, but if, from indolence, or carelessness, or cowardice, or want of public spirit, they are unequal to the exertions necessary for preserving it; if they will not fight for it when it is directly attacked; if they can be deluded by the artifices used to cheat them out of it; if by momentary discouragement, or temporary panic, or a fit of enthusiasm for an individual, they can be induced to lay their liberties at the feet even of a great man, or trust him with powers which enable him to subvert their institutions; in all these cases they are more or less unfit for liberty: and though it may be for their good to have had it even for a short time, they are unlikely long to enjoy it
Tolerating imperfections is the price of freedom. Private property is the most important guarantee of freedom. The man who produces while others dispose of his product is a slave, I own I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.
It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own. It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises. Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning. When it comes to life’s most important lessons, we can all use gentle reminders.
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult. Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.
Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the ‘right’ choice, but in life, all that’s really needed is to make any’ good’ choice, believe in it, go through with it, and accept the consequences.
The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination. Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.
Summary:
I have a dream
America is to be a great nation this must become true
What will you do without freedom?
for one chance, just one chance
The laws of necessity, of self- preservation
The trade-off between freedom and security
FREEDOM IS NOT FOR THE TIMID
God grants to those who love it
This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one
Do you possess the constitution, the depth of faith
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena
They can be deluded by the artifices used to cheat them out of it
Tolerating imperfections is the price of freedom
Private property is the most important guarantee of freedom
The man who produces while others dispose of his product is a slave
Every man who values liberty of conscience for himself
Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy
Above all, be true to yourself
Oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure
Believe in it, go through with it, and accept the consequences
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Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty
