I Have a Dream' speech from Martin Luther King. And what an appropriate day. At first we picked that date, we didn't know and I thought, "oh jeez." But now I think it was almost divine providence. I do. His dream has been so corrupted. Judge a man by the content of his character. Character doesn't even matter anymore in this country. It's time we picked that dream back up and finished the job." - Meaning and context.">
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(2010-06-18), The Glenn Beck Program publisher: Premiere Radio Networks
• (2010-06-18), "Beck says it's "divine providence" 8-28 rally is on same day as MLK speech, adds: "It's time we picked that dream back up"", Media Matters for America
• on his Restoring Honor rally on 2010-08-28
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It is the anniversary of the 'I Have a Dream' speech from Martin Luther King. And what an appropriate day. At first we picked that date, we didn't know and I thought, "oh jeez." But now I think it was almost divine providence. I do. His dream has been so corrupted. Judge a man by the content of his character. Character doesn't even matter anymore in this country. It's time we picked that dream back up and finished the job.

— Glenn Beck

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It is the anniversary of the 'I Have a Dream' speech from Martin Luther King. And what an appropriate day. At first we picked that date, we didn't know and I thought, "oh jeez." But now I think it was almost divine providence. I do. His dream has been so corrupted. Judge a man by the content of his character. Character doesn't even matter anymore in this country. It's time we picked that dream back up and finished the job." in the context of "(2010-06-18), The Glenn Beck Program publisher: Premiere Radio Networks
• (2010-06-18), "Beck says it's "divine providence" 8-28 rally is on same day as MLK speech, adds: "It's time we picked that dream back up"", Media Matters for America
• on his Restoring Honor rally on 2010-08-28" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Glenn Beck

About Glenn Beck

Glenn Lee Beck (born 10 February 1964) is an American conservative political commentator, conspiracy theorist, radio host, and television producer. He is the CEO, founder, and owner of Mercury Radio Arts, the parent company of his television and radio network TheBlaze. He hosts the Glenn Beck Radio Program, a popular talk-radio show nationally syndicated on Premiere Radio Networks. Beck also hosts the Glenn Beck television program, which ran from January 2006 to October 2008 on HLN, from January 2009 to June 2011 on Fox News and currently airs on TheBlaze. Beck has authored six New York Times–bestselling books.