grande,indimenticabile. Poche le persone,lider compresi,con il suo coraggio,la sua onestà intellettuale,la forza per il perseguimento di quei principi ancora oggi dileggiati,trascurati e osteggiati.

This is why we salute this man on this day, for the daunting absence of fear in his body that allowed him to stand for TRUTH, JUSTICE, FREEDOM & PEACE. He saw his ending dawning upon him and didn’t flinch a bit, in fact he stood UP and screamed his eyes had seen “THE GLORY!”  [...]

The whole speech here.And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.  To those who would tear this world down – we will defeat you.  To those who seek peace and security – we support you.  And to all those who have wondered if America’s beacon still burns as bright – tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.As the Abu Muq crowd said, enjoy railing against the Great Satan whose middle name is Hussein OBL, Ayatollahs, Assad & Crew.  It’ll be done, but it will increasingly undercut whatever standing they have left. The deal with Iran is there to be struck.Ladies and Gentleman the first president of the 21st century.  In mindset, in understanding a generation, in sensing a century.From the transcript that is provided there are two missing elements both references to Martin Luther King Jr.  I wondered if he added those on the fly or at the last minute.He said that we must put our hand on the arc and bend it towards (greatness? something, I’m forgetting the last word).  Which references MLK “the long arc of history bends towards justice,”  But he didn’t use justice interestingly.Then he said towards the end that he promised we as a nation will get there.Referencing the last great words of The American Prophet:

"Bene, non so ora che cosa accadrà. Abbiamo dei giorni difficili davanti a noi. Ma ora non importa. Perché sono stato sulla cima della montagna. E non mi interessa. Come tutti vorrei vivere una lunga vita. La longevità ha la sua importanza. Ma questo, adesso, non mi interessa. Voglio solo fare il volere di Dio. E Dio mi ha permesso di salire sulla montagna. E di là ho guardato. E ho visto la Terra Promessa. Forse non ci arriverò insieme a voi. Ma voglio che questa sera voi sappiate che noi, come popolo, arriveremo alla Terra Promessa. E questa sera sono felice. Non ho paura di nulla. Non ho paura di alcun uomo. I miei occhi hanno visto la gloria del Signore che viene."
Discorso pronunciato il 3 aprile 1968, vigilia del suo assassinio, nel Mason Temple, a Memphis.