Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
Interpretation
This quote celebrates the achievement of freedom and liberation after a long struggle.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s quote expresses profound relief and gratitude for the attainments of freedom, symbolizing the end of oppression and the joyous embrace of liberation. It encapsulates the emotional and spiritual journey of those who fought for civil rights and serves as a powerful declaration of victory over injustice.
In practice
A speaker at a civil rights rally mentioning this quote to inspire hope.
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity.
Let us expect that God is going to use us. Let us have courage and go forward, looking to God to do great things.
The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.
Go, stranger, and tell the Lacedaemonians that here we lie, obedient to their commands.
Ali’s got a left, Ali’s got a right, if he hits you once, you’re asleep for the night
Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche
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