On December 7, 1964, days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a major address in London. The recording was recently discovered by Brian DeShazor, director of the Pacifica Radio Archives.
“I must say to you tonight that I never intend to become adjusted to the madness of militarism and the self-defeating effects of physical violence, for in a day when Sputniks and explorers are dashing through outer space and guided ballistic missiles are carving highways of death through the stratosphere, no nation can win a war. It is no longer the choice between violence and nonviolence; it is either nonviolence or non-existence. And the alternative to disarmament, the alternative to a greater suspension of nuclear tests, the alternative to strengthening the United Nations and thereby disarming the whole world, may well be a civilization plunged into the abyss of annihilation. And I assure you that I will never adjust to the madness of militarism.“ - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.