BALDWIN VS BUCKLEY

BALDWIN VS BUCKLEY, CAMBRIDGE, 1965 "AND UNTIL THAT MOMENT, UNTIL THE MOMENT COMES WHEN WE, THE AMERICANS, WE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ARE ABLE TO ACCEPT THE FACT, THAT I HAVE TO ACCEPT, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT MY ANCESTORS ARE BOTH WHITE AND BLACK. THAT ON THAT CONTINENT WE ARE TRYING TO FORGE A NEW IDENTITY FOR WHICH WE NEED EACH OTHER AND THAT I AM NOT A WARD OF AMERICA. I AM NOT AN OBJECT OF MISSIONARY CHARITY. I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THE COUNTRY–UNTIL THIS MOMENT THERE IS SCARCELY ANY HOPE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DENIED PARTICIPATION IN IT, BY THEIR VERY PRESENCE, WILL WRECK IT. AND IF THAT HAPPENS IT IS A VERY GRAVE MOMENT FOR THE WEST. THANK YOU.".