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. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) American clergyman, civil rights leader, social activist, preacher

Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Stockholm, Sweden (11 Dec 1964)