And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land
Interpretation
This quote expresses hope and determination for a better future, even if the speaker may not witness it themselves.
In this powerful quote, Martin Luther King Jr. emphasizes the vision of a brighter future, often referred to as the 'promised land.' He acknowledges that he may not personally achieve this dream but reassures his audience that collectively, they will reach it, inspiring hope and perseverance in the face of struggle and uncertainty.
In practice
During a motivational speech about working towards social justice.
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.
I always knew the woman I wanted to be-I knew I wanted to be a woman who was independent a woman who was in the driving seat, a woman who didn't need for the man to decide.
You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
My daddy thought - no, he expected - that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He was correct in his belief because he had lived in an America of continual social progress, depression followed by prosperity, segregation by integration, and so on.
Exploration by real people inspires us.
Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.
If hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it's worth the trade-off with my own privacy.
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