Martin Luther King, Jr. Quote

I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the "oughtness" that forever confronts him.


Speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize [December 11, 1964]


I refuse to accept the idea that the isness of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the oughtness that forever...

I refuse to accept the idea that the isness of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the oughtness that forever...

I refuse to accept the idea that the isness of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the oughtness that forever...

I refuse to accept the idea that the isness of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the oughtness that forever...