Martin Luther King Day: 10 memorable MLK quotes

Monday is Martin Luther King Day in the United States. The civil rights leader was also one of the most famed orators in American history. Here are a collection of 10 MLK quotes.

3. 'The final word'

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Martin Luther King, Jr., is accompanied by his wife Coretta at New York's International Airport, in this Dec. 4, 1964 file photo taken before their departure to Oslo to receive King's Nobel Peace Prize.

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” –Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

When King learned he won the Nobel Peace Prize, he vowed to donate all $54,123 of the cash prize to the civil rights movement. He accepted the award on Dec. 10, 1964, on behalf of the civil rights movement, and noted that it was “profound recognition that nonviolence is the answer.”

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