胸を熱くする言葉
2006年 01月 17日
一人の力は小さい、なのに、一人の人が、勿論たった一人の力ではないにせよ、歴史を動かす大きい力として現われてくる奇蹟に、私達は時々遭遇します。キング牧師もそういう人の一人で、私が尊敬してやまない人です。彼への心からの敬意と感謝をこめて、彼のあの有名な言葉を、改めてここに掲載します。いつ読んでも、私の胸を熱くする言葉です。
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.
実際には、この言葉はもっと長い演説の一部で、I have a dreamと述べている部分だけでももっと長いので、興味のある方はこちらを→I have a dream
by bs2005 | 2006-01-17 20:57 | 徒然の瞑想