There are certain things in ourand in thewhich I amto be maladjusted and which Iall men of - will be maladjusted until the good societies realize — I say very honestly that I never intend to become adjusted to — segregation and discrimination. I never intend to become adjusted to religious . I never intend to adjust myself toconditions that will takefrom the many to give luxuries to the few. I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism, to self-defeating effects of physical . But in a day when sputniks and explorers are dashing through outer space and guided ballistic missiles are carving highways ofthrough the stratosphere, nocan win a . It is no longer the choice betweenand nonviolence. It is either nonviolence or nonexistence…

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