"I thank the Almighty that he has chosen me for this stature.
The last few lines are four thanksgivings, each beginning with "Thank you, Almighty God".
"And I thank the Almighty that Rex is having an affair as well".
Thank God Almighty, I'm free at last.'" Four decades later, Barack Obama is a beneficiary of those transformative events of the early Johnson Presidency.
Ms. Stevens at one point found words that seemed to speak for everyone: "Free at last, thank God almighty, he's free at last".
His final lines in the March on Washington speech come from a Negro spiritual reminding listeners of slaves' sustaining faith in the possibility of liberation: "Free at last, free at last; thank God Almighty, we are free at last".
"We thank the Almighty for what we have in common, while remaining aware of our differences," the council announced in a message co-signed by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, its president.
"I thank the almighty God for the vindication, and I am in great awe and respect for the jury system that symbolises the soul of the American people," she said.
Newly elected Mr Perdue, addressing his Republican supporters on election night in posh north-western Atlanta, was jubilant: "Thank God almighty, we are free at last!" An odd sentiment for someone whose victory was due, at least in part, to voters with Confederate sympathies and long memories.
The book ends with a flock of doves at King's finale — "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" — driving home in a creative and accessible way the powerful message, and keeping it alive today.
