To All Readers:
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day, everyone!
Finding some powerful quotations from King’s I Have a Dream speech and presidential inaugural addresses seemed like a good idea at this time. I came across sayings that encourage, excite, and unite audiences in pursuit of a common national vision. Themes of leadership, resiliency, and creating an even brighter future for all of us emerge when King’s speech is compared to other inaugural addresses.
One day, I dream, every valley will be raised, every mountain and hill will be lowered, the rough spots will be made plain, and the crooked places will be straightened; the Lord’s glory will be exposed, and everyone on earth will be able to see it. This is what we’re hoping for. I bring this faith with me when I return to the South. We will be able to carve a stone of hope out of the mountain of despair with this faith. We may use this faith to turn our country’s jangling discords into a lovely symphony of fraternity. Knowing that we shall be free one day, this faith will enable us to labor together, pray together, struggle together, go to jail together, and climb up for freedom together. Speech by Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream”
Therefore, as fellow citizens, let us come together with a common goal. Let’s bring the harmony and affection that make freedom and even life itself so miserable back into social interactions. And let’s consider this: after expelling the religious intolerance that caused humanity to suffer and bleed for so long, we haven’t achieved anything if we tolerate political intolerance that is tyrannical, evil, and capable of cruel and violent persecutions. Jefferson, Thomas, March 4, 1801.
As God provides us the ability to perceive correctly, let us work to complete the task at hand and to mend the nation’s wounds with kindness toward everyone and a solid belief in what is right. March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln.
We have been given a lot, and we will be asked to do a lot as well. We cannot avoid our responsibilities to ourselves or to others. Roosevelt, Theodore, March 4, 1905.
Our level of comfort and security is greater than it has ever been in the world’s history. Hoover, Herbert, 4 March 1929.
This magnificent country will persevere as it has, recover, and thrive. Let me state up front that I firmly believe that fear is the only thing we should be afraid of. Roosevelt, Franklin D., March 4, 1933.
My fellow citizens: Consider what you can do for your nation rather than what your country can do for you. Ask not what America will do for you, my fellow citizens, but rather what we can all do to further human freedom. Kennedy, John F., January 20, 1961.
The kindness that permeates your character will be reflected in us. How can we love our nation and not love our fellow citizens? We must love them, help them when they are in need, heal them when they are ill, and give them the chance to become self-sufficient so that they will be treated equally in practice as well as in theory. January 20, 1981, Ronald Reagan.
Nothing that is wrong with America cannot be fixed by its positive aspects. Clinton, Bill, January 20, 1993.
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