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The underpinning theoryWhat I had not realized is that there was no plan at the higher levels toreplace anything, indeed a simplistic <strong>and</strong> unimaginative overreliance insome quarters on the power <strong>of</strong> destruction <strong>and</strong> crude military might... Iffreedom <strong>and</strong> a chance to live a dignified <strong>and</strong> stable life free from terror wasthe motive, then I can think <strong>of</strong> more than 170 families in Iraq last week whowould have settled for what they had under Saddam.The Observer, 18th September, 2005I HAVE A DREAMI have a dream that one day this nation will rise up <strong>and</strong> live out the truemeaning <strong>of</strong> its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men arecreated equal.’ I have a dream that one day on the red hills <strong>of</strong> Georgia the sons<strong>of</strong> former slaves <strong>and</strong> the sons <strong>of</strong> former slave owners will be able to sit downtogether at the table <strong>of</strong> brotherhood.I have a dream that one day even the state <strong>of</strong> Mississippi, a state swelteringwith the heat <strong>of</strong> injustice, sweltering with the heat <strong>of</strong> oppression, will be transformedinto an oasis <strong>of</strong> freedom <strong>and</strong> justice.I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where theywill not be judged by the color <strong>of</strong> their skin but by the content <strong>of</strong> their character.I have a dream today.I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, withits governor having his lips dripping with the words <strong>of</strong> interposition <strong>and</strong> nullification;one day right there in Alabama, little black boys <strong>and</strong> black girls will beable to join h<strong>and</strong>s with little white boys <strong>and</strong> white girls as sisters <strong>and</strong> brothers.I have a dream today.I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill <strong>and</strong> mountainshall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, <strong>and</strong> the crookedplaces will be made straight, <strong>and</strong> the glory <strong>of</strong> the Lord shall be revealed, <strong>and</strong> allflesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to theSouth with. With this faith we will be able to hew out <strong>of</strong> the mountain <strong>of</strong> despaira stone <strong>of</strong> hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords<strong>of</strong> our nation into a beautiful symphony <strong>of</strong> brotherhood. With this faith we willbe able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jailtogether, to st<strong>and</strong> up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.Extract from speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. He was a driving force in thenon-violent push for racial equality in the 1950s <strong>and</strong> the 1960s. This speechwas given on 28 August 1963, on the steps <strong>of</strong> the Lincoln memorial. Itmobilized supporters <strong>and</strong> acted as the catalyst for the 1964 Civil Rights Act.146

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