. . . “I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. . . I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsom and jetsom in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. . .”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, December 10, 1964, Oslo
A whole new challenge awaits us, but the same roadblocks present themselves. Let’s take some words of encouragement from the good doctor as we face the biggest challenge of all, fixing the world.
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