I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him


Speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize

Martin Luther King Quotes

I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the isness of man's present nature...

I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the isness of man's present nature...

I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the isness of man's present nature...

I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the isness of man's present nature...