“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.”