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.

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Nuclear holocaust

Speaker

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Medium

Nobel Prize Lecture Speech

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Black activist Civil rights activist Clergyman Christian

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United States

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Citation

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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Joan Didion
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Time
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Didion, Joan. "On Keeping a Notebook." Holiday, 1966.