Daily Dose of Common Sense

On August 28th,1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered one of the most powerful speeches in modern history. Commonly referred to as the “I have a dream” speech, King spoke bravely and wisely, and called for an end to discrimination.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, celebrated every third Monday in January, honors his birthday, which is January 15th. The day is one of only four United States federal holidays which commemorate an individual.

So, on this third Monday of January 2010, take a moment to listen again to (or reread) his iconic words spoken 47 years ago. The words are just as relevant and important now as they were then.

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Photo: The U.S. National Archives

“It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.”
–Robert Green Ingersoll

(Ingersoll, 1833-1899, was an American Statesman and Orator, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of atheism.)