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.

Judicial decrees may not change the heart; but they can restrain the heartless.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

Government action is not the whole answer to the present crisis, but it is an important partial answer. Morals cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. The law cannot make an employer love me, but it can keep him from refusing to hire me because of the color of my skin.

I have a dream tonight. One day my little daughter and my two sons will grow up in a world not conscious of the color of their skin but only conscious of the fact that they are members of the human race.