“I accept this award on behalf of a civil rights movement which is moving with determination and a majestic scorn for risk and danger to establish a reign of freedom and a rule of justice.”
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Source: Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech (1964)
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In Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech (1964), King uses a focused ethical claim to examine justice, with attention to accept, award, behalf. The practical center is the relationship between leadership and freedom and justice, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.
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