Solemn Holiday

"I believe that even amid today's motor bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow. I believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on the blood-flowing streets of our nations, can be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men.

I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up. I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive goodwill will proclaim the rule of the land.

'And the lion and the lamb shall lie down together and every man shall sit under his own vine and fig tree and none shall be afraid.'

I still believe that we shall overcome."
--Martin Luther King, Jr.

In honor of a great man who believed in an even greater philosophy, and a nation still struggling to realize his dream: Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. If you can, please take a moment to read through one of his moving speeches.