I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech (10 December 1964); Official Nobel Foundation transcript; statement of faith in progress against racial injustice.
- Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech (10 December 1964)
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