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.

That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, Dis a war.

Now it is time for us to move on to that great and noble realm of justice and brotherhood. That is the great struggle taking place in our nation today. It isn't a struggle just based on a lot of noise; it is a struggle to save the soul of our nation.

Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. 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 God's children.

Among the many vital jobs to be done, the nation must not only radically readjust its attitude toward the Negro in the compelling present, but must incorporate in its planning some compensatory consideration for the handicaps he has inherited from the past.

My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man's skin nor authority he may wield, but purely on merit.