我夢想有一天,幽谷上昇,高山下降,坎坷曲折之路成坦途,聖光披露,滿照人間。
──馬丁‧路德‧金恩《我有一個夢想》
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.(Martin Luther King, Jr. - "I have a dream")
如果尼爾‧阿姆斯壯踏上月球的一小步代表人類科技文明的重大里程碑,馬丁路德金恩等人走在薩爾瑪(Selma)到蒙哥馬力郡 (Montgomery)的一哩路,就是美國民主發展史上最光榮,卻也最沉重的一哩路。