I have a dream, big dream

キング牧師の「私には夢がある」の名演説から４５周年の日にオバマ氏の指名受諾演説がセットされた。

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 one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

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 the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, 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.


“I have a dream” の言い回しを多用していることで知られているが、それ以外にも “Now is the time（今こそその時だ）”, “Let freedom ring（自由の鐘を鳴らそう）” などの言い回しを多用して独特のリズムを作っていることにも特徴がある。

一部抜粋　“I have a dream.One day the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together.（私には夢がある。いつの日か、嘗ての奴隷の子達と、嘗ての奴隷の所有者達の子達が、席を並べられる事を）”　と、奴隷の子孫とその所有者の子孫との身分差をなくすことを強く訴えている。