BERNIE SANDERS: "We're standing in front of the Lincoln Monument today, one of the most beautiful buildings in our country, and one of the most historic.
And today, the area's filled with tourists.  But 50 years ago, there were several hundred thousand people here,
to listen to one of the most memorable and important speeches in the modern history of the United States of America. And that is the famous Martin Luther King Jr. speech, 'I Have a Dream.'
I remember that very well, not by simply seeing it on TV, or reading about it.
I was way, way back there, one of the several hundred thousand people who was here. I came in on a bus from the University of Chicago, where I was then going to school."
(MUSIC: SINGING "WE ARE NOT AFRAID")
BERNIE SANDERS: "I remember the day very well. And I remember the moment, the period well.
Because up at the University of Chicago, where I was then going to school,
we were working with young people in the South.  There was then an organization called SNCC, Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee.
We were helping to raise some money for their efforts to desegregate the South, at the same time we were working on issues in Chicago.
I think as we reflect back on this very, very great man -- certainly one of the great leaders in American history --
we understand that on one hand we have come a very, very long way,
in achieving his vision of a country in which there's far more racial justice today than there was in his lifetime.
Many of the barriers of segregation have been broken. I think he would have been very surprised to know that in the year 2013,
not only would we have an African-American as President of the United States, but that gentleman would have been re-elected.
So in that sense and many other areas, we have come a very long way. We have a right to be proud of our accomplishments.
But on the other hand, let us not forget that what King was talking about was not only racial justice -- he was talking about economic justice.
When he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, he was there, not on a quote-unquote "civil rights demonstration",
he was there working with mostly African-American garbage collectors, people being exploited, people earning inadequate wages, people who had terrible working conditions.
And he said 'They deserve justice.'"
MARTIN LUTHER KING: "So often, we overlook the work and the significance of those who are not in professional jobs.
Of those who are not in the so-called 'big jobs.' But let me say to you tonight.
That whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth."
"He was working on a major project called 'The Poor People's March.' Not just for African-Americans, but for whites, for Hispanics, for Native Americans.
And the point that he was making was that in a great country like the United States,
we should not be spending huge amounts of money on the military, when we had children in America going hungry.
We should not be having the kind of income and wealth inequality that we had, where so few had so much, and so many people had so little.
And the truth of the matter is, that 50 years later, in many ways, that aspect of King's dream, the economic aspect, is not only not better it is probably worse.
Black unemployment today for young people, youth, 40%.
More income and wealth inequality today than existed during King's period.
600 billion dollars being spent on the military today, when we have a lot of people struggling to purchase food, or to pay for prescription drugs,
unable to afford to go to college, people working at $7.50 an hour, unable to pay their bills, unable to have the money they need, the income they need, to live with dignity.
We have come a long, long way in a lot of areas, in fulfilling some of the visions that this great man had.
But on the other hand let us not forget for one second, that a lot of what he talked about, a lot of his dreams, still have not been fulfilled.
So we've got a lot of work that remains in front of us, if in fact, we are going to fully honor and give respect to this very, very great man."
