LEADERS WHO speak the truth and inspire their followers are often ridiculed and belittled, or even assassinated – but go on to be proven right, when the wider movement catches up with them. In time, they become revered.
“I say to you today, my friends, thought, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’” Martin Luther King, US Civil Rights Movement Leader, 15.01.1929-04.04.1968
•Read the full speech here: “I have a dream…”
•Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today