I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must…

I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

1964

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Nuclear holocaust

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Nobel Prize Lecture Speech

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1964

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. Speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. 10 Dec. 1964, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

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