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[smok3y]

I Had a dream Speech
"I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check â?? a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. 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 quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

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 jnr~

[wayoftheleaf]

The Wheel Weaves as the Wheel Wills... The Wheel of Time Books, Robert Jordan

Lol guess where i got my name from?

The wheel of time turns, and ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legen fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the age that gave it birth comes again. In one age, called the third age by some, an age yet to come, an age long past, a wind rose above.... The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.

Ah what a beautiful quote to a beautiful series. starts out every book.

But my favorite quote has to come from the ninth book in the series, every time I read it I realize that the way to live your life is to experience life. You can't pretend nothing affects you.

There can be no health in us, nor any good thing grow, for the land is one with the Dragon Reborn, and he one with the land. Soul of fire, heart of stone, in pride he conquers, forcing the proud to yield. He calls upon the mountains to kneel, and the seas to give way, and the very skies to bow. Pray the the heart of stone remembers tears, and the soul of fire, love.

--From a much-disputed translation of The prophecies of the Dragon by the poet Kyera Termendal, of shiota, believed to have been published between FY 700 and FY 800.

Sends shivers up and down my spine whenever I read it. It is wierd I always get these shivers when I read it. And I just start at the page in awe.

[BizzleLuvin]

'the only church that illuminates is a burning one'-b.d. (i stole this from someone's sig)

'man lowers his head and lunges into civiliation, forgetting the days of his youth where he sought truth in a snowfloke or a stick. man forgets the wisdom of a child'-j.k.

this isnt a quote per se...but i lovve it:
'all we ever wanted was to jam,
to collaborate,
to anticipate,
the function
our waves would create.
all we ever wanted was to stick it to the man
to renovate,
to alleviate,
the pain
of never playing it again.'' -r.m.

[Eazy]

"Why do you cuss all the time? Does it make you feel tough or something? Why can't you refrain from cussing?
You seem like an angry man."

"Fuck You"

"I'm black by popular demand"

"...like I said those kids abused and molested themselves."

friend: whos this?
me: who do you think???
friend: god?

"i'm like an insomniac, only i sleep a lot."

"are your legs broke? no then get your own damn soda"

"I know perfectly, exactly, completely, basically what I'm doing."

"Reality is the shortage of alcohol."

"In those countries the beautiful women are men."

"You kicked my nuts, I touched your boob. It all evens out."

"Oh and Fuck Islam."

"yesterday i kicked a lil kid ( its okay she deserved it ) does that count as piratey?"

"Shut up Kyle! Shut your Goddamn' Jew mouth! You're the reason that there's war in the Middle East. "

" I hate hippies! I mean, the way they always talk about "protectin' the earth"
and then drive around in cars that get poor gas mileage and wear those stupid bracelets -
I hate 'em! I wanna kick 'em in the nuts!"

"Butters will give hand jobs in the corner for a dollar.
Butters: Sure! I'm good at all kinds of jobs. "

"Cartman: I used to think disabled people were here for my amusement. "


Then, Tobias, mistaking a group of garishly-clad men for pirates, boarded a van filled with homosexuals.

Dean Cain: What on earth are you wearing? Tuan: BUFU. Dean Cain: BUFU? Tuan: By us. Fuck you!

Last year we poured out liquor for ya'll
This year nigga life goes on We're gonna lock down Get money, evade bitches, evade tricks, give playaz plenty of space
And basically represent for you baby
Next time you see your niggaz we gonna be on top They're gonna be like damn them niggaz came up That's right baby,
life goes on

Tonight, you men will sleep with your rifles. You will give your rifle a girl's name because this is the
only pussy you people are going to get. Your days of finger-banging ol' Mary J. Rottencrotch through her
pertty pink panties are over! You're married to this piece.
This weapon of iron and wood. And you will be faithful.

If I'm gonna get my balls blown off for a word, my word is poontang.

Eightball, let's dance.
Put a nigger behind the trigger!

CARTMAN

"I'm trying to make the best out of a bad situation. I don't need to hear crap from a bunch of hippie freaks
living in denial! Screw you guys, I'm going home."

"I hate you guys."

"I love you guys."

"Yeah, I want some Cheesey Poofs."

"Follow your dreams. You can reach your goals. I'm living proof. Beefcake. Beefcake!"

"I'm not fat! I'm big boned!"

"Respect my AUTHORITHAI!"

"I would never let a woman kick my ass. If she tried anything, I'd be like: hey, you get your bitch ass
back in the kitchen and make me some pie!"

"Be a man Stan. Say, 'Hey woman, you shut your mouth and make babies.'"

"Kenny, your family is poor!"

"Democrats really piss me off."

"My mom says there's a lot of black people in Africa."

"My mom says there's a lot of black people in China."

"I know why drugs are bad. If you do drugs you're a hippie. And hippies suck."

"Tweek, Tweek, you can always go on Welfare. Look at Kenny's family. They're perfectly happy being poor and on Welfare."

(0n Dolphins) "Intelligent and friendly on rye bread with some mayonnaise."

"Dolphins, eskimos, who cares? It's all a bunch of tree hugging hippie crap."

"Screw you, hippie."

"How are all my little friends, with their little dreams?"

"I'll roshambo you for it."

"Ten dollar! Eight dollar! You give me eight dollar, soldier boy! Sucky, sucky, five dollar!" (as Ming Lee)

"I learned somethin' today. This country was founded by some of the smartest thinkers the world has ever seen.
And they knew one thing: that a truly great country can go to war, and at the same time, act like it doesn't want to.
You people who are for the war, you need the protesters. Because they make the country look like it's made of sane,
caring individuals. And you people who are anti-war, you need these flag-wavers, because, if our whole country was made
up of nothing but soft pussy protesters, we'd get taken down in a second. That's why the founding fathers decided we should
have both. It's called 'having your cake and eating it too'."

various quotes from films and similar programs or just me n mates
no racism intended any in there is in probs from full metal jacket

[Skrappie]

I like (life is a) beautiful struggle


and


Truth concuqures all.


I got em both tatted on me:thumbsup:

[wayoftheleaf]

i hope it is spelled conqueres on your tat or the girls must laugh when they see it...

[budsmoker only]

theres a couple in my sig that i like.. another one i like is
"pain is temporary, pride lasts forever".. my friend told me that one once..
and..
"and i wish we really could, kick it at home in america like it was on in amsterdam".

[UTD Toker]

I've lived by this since my 7th grade teacher gave everyone a paper with the quote on it, don't know who its by but its very good:

"I am only one, but I am one.
I cannot do everything, but I can do something.
That which I can do, I ought to do.
And that which I ought todo, I wil do."

[LIP]

"Pain is a sensation. Sensations are there to thrill you, therefore you like pain, you just dont know it yet."

That was said to me by my seargant to me when i was in air cadets as a kid [Training for RAF]

[savagepossum]

i'm hungry-me