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1、WeShallOvereericanstherighttovoteinthiscountry.ThereisnoissueofStates'rightsornationalrights.Thereisonlythestruggleforhumanrights.IhavenottheslightestdoubteaPresidentsentacivilrightsbilltotheCongress,itcontainedaprovisiontoprotectvotingrightsinFederale
2、lections.Thatcivilrightsbillonthsofdebate.AndetomydeskfromtheCongressformysignature,theheartofthevotingprovisionhadbeeneliminated.Thistime,onthisissue,theremustbenodelay,ornohesitation,ornopromiseustnot,refusetoprotecttherightofeveryAmericantovoteineveryele
3、ctionthathemaydesiretoparticipatein.Andustnotonthsbeforeore,andthetimeforeinakethatrequestlightly.Forfromthesofourcountry,Irecognizethatfromoutsidethischamberistheoutragedconscienceofanation,thegraveconcernofmanynations,andtheharshjudgmentofhistoryonouracts
4、.Butevenifaispartofafarlargermovementerica.ItistheeffortofAmericanNegroestosecureforthemselvesthefullblessingsofAmericanlife.Theircausemustbeourcausetoo.Becauseit'snotjustNegroes,butreallyit'sallofus,ustoverethecripplinglegacyofbigotryandinjustice
5、.AndanorethanahundredyearssincetheNegroorethanahundredyearsagothatAbrahamLincoln,agreatPresidentofanotherparty,signedtheEmancipationProclamation;butemancipationisaproclamation,andnotafact.Acenturyhaspassed,morethanahundredyears,sinceequalityised.AndyettheNe
6、groisnotequal.Acenturyhaspassedsincethedayofpromise.Andthepromiseisun-kept.ThetimeofjusticehasnoanandGodthatitshoulde.Anderican.ForNegroesarenottheonlyvictims.Hoanyanyilieshavelivedinstarkpoverty?Hoanyaintainthebarriersofhatredandterror?AndsoIsaytoallofyouh
7、ere,andtoallinthenationtonight,thatthoseies:poverty,ignorance,disease.They'reourenemies,notourfelloan,notourneighbor.Andtheseenemiestoo--poverty,disease,andignorance:sofourneighbors.There'sreallynopartofAmericaiseofequalityhasbeenfullykept.InBuffa
8、loasingham,inPhiladelphiaasa,Americansarestrugglingforthefruitsoffreedom.Thisisonenation.enfromeveryregionfoughtforusacrosstheondangersandthesemonsacrifices,theSouthmadeitscontributionofhonorandgallant
