A good speech!!

Thanks to the competition amongst TV channels in reaching to the public on the occasion of Obama's oath taking ceremony, I got to hear bits of the much revered speech by "Martin Luther King, Jr.". I must confess, I have been listening to it again and again since.

The concept of freedom & justice!! Ahh!! How passionate it had made him and people likewise! I wonder if we will ever understand the need, the passion and the motivation they developed for a free place. I am afraid we will go down reaping the benefits of their sacrifice forgetful of their contribution. :(

A wonderful and far-reaching speech, both because of the words chosen as well as the rhetoric used by Martin Luther King.

The way he used the phrase "Now is the time" endorsing the urgency of addressing the need is second to none I have seen/heard so far.

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children. Now is the time.

& then, the way he puts forward his dream & the tone of optimism with which he conveys it..simply awesome. His words & voice had such magic, no wonder there was a sea of people showing solidarity when he spoke. How charismatic!!

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." 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.

As much as I want to express my liking for the speech, I would sure fall short in conveying it's true self. The best is to watch the man himself at it [about 15 minutes]. I could truthfully appreciate the videos only after following the transcript available here.