QOTD -- "Our Time Has Come"

"... Young America, dream. Choose the human race over the nuclear race. Bury the weapons and don't burn the people. Dream - dream of a new value system. Teachers who teach for life and not just for a living; teach because they can't help it. Dream of lawyers more concerned about justice than a judgeship. Dream of doctors more concerned about public health than personal wealth. (Applause) Dream of preachers and priests who will prophesy and not just profiteer. Preach and dream! Our time has come. Our time has come.

"Suffering breeds character. Character breeds faith, and in the end faith will not disappoint. Our time has come. Our faith, hope and dreams have prevailed. Our time has come. Weeping has endured for nights but that joy cometh in the morning.

"Our time has come. No grave can hold our body down. Our time has come. No lie can live forever. Our time has come. We must leave the racial battle ground and come to the economic common ground and moral higher ground. America, our time has come..."  -- excerpt of speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson at the Democratic National Convention, July 13, 1984, where his name was put in nomination for President for the first time.