"I have a dream"

Je ne pouvais plus me voir cette crevette en peinture (ni même cet article stupide) sur la première page de mon blog : il fallait vraiment que je publie quelque chose de nouveau.

J'aimerais donc partager avec vous la vidéo du célèbre discours de Martin Luther King, "I have a dream".

Son charisme, ainsi que sa façon de s'exprimer, m'impressionnent. De plus, il est très ému, et à mon avis, c'est ce qui fait la force de son discours, car il croit en ce qu'il dit.


Martin Luther King a également prouvé que la violence n'était pas indispensable pour mener des actions engagées : il a mobilisé des milliers de personne, tout en restant fidèle à l'une de ses valeurs : le pacifisme. Je crois que cet homme peut être ajouté à la liste des personnalités que j'admire (juste derrière Lorie... Non non, je rigole, ne vous inquiétez pas !) .
 
Ci-dessous, vous pouvez voir son discours, sous-titré en français.

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I couldn't bear seeing that stupid prawn (and that stupid article as well) on the first page of my blog, so I had to publish something new. 

I would like to share with you the speech that Martin Luther King pronounced in 1963 :"I have a dream".

I'm impressed and moved by the content of his speech, by his charisma, and his emotions : he really believes in what he is saying, and I think this is why his speech is so captivating. 

Martin Luther King also proved that violence is not the only way to change a situation. He called up thousands of people even staying pacifist. I think this man can be added to the list of the people I admire.

Below, you'll see the video, and a written extract of his speech.

(this part starts near the -5mn).

"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 on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave 
owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

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

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.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls 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.

This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

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.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last! "


Martin Luther King.