"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ’We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’"
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood."
"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what can you do for your country."
This was followed up by,
"My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."
アメリカのNPR(National Public Radio)では、ロバーツ氏(ジャッジ)はブッシュ前大統領が任命した超保守派のジャッジでオバマ氏はその任命に大反対していた。だが、就任式ではその確執や意見の違いを全く介入させなかった。ロバーツ氏が憲法とは違う順番で宣誓を言ってしまいオバマ氏は瞬時躊躇。すぐにロバーツ氏が気付き言いなおした。だが、オバマ氏はロバーツ最高裁長官を立てて敢えて憲法通りでなくロバーツ氏の言った通りに宣誓した。