In Honor Of The Reverend

".......there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on 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 plane 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....We cannot walk alone.
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.
We cannot turn back.

I 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 quest -- 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 South 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 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."

This is part of, what I believe, one of the best speeches EVER spoken. The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was an amazing man. He was not consumed with power. He was consumed with love, and the needs of his people, of all people, to be free. His call for freedom still lives on today.

We can not stop fighting for freedom. It is ours to take. Our country was created out of a need for freedom.

Stand your ground. Fight for your rights. Do not stop another from speaking. If you don't like what they are saying, speak louder. Be proud of who you are and where you came from. Do not allow yourself to become a silent majority. Be LOUD, be PROUD. Don't let the legacy of the Reverend become silent....