Nobel Peace Prize Speech
Martin Luther King (1964, modified excerpt)
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We have developed utvecklat the greatest system of production tillverkning that history has ever known. We have become the richest nation in the world. Yet, one-fifth 1⁄5 of our fellow citizens medborgare are bound bunden to a miserable culture of poverty.
In a sense på sätt och vis being poor in America is more frustrating påfrestande than being poor in Africa and Asia. The misery elände of the poor in Africa and Asia is shared misery. It is a fact of life for the vast majority flertalet. They are all poor together. This is the result of years of exploitation utnyttjande and underdevelopment underutveckling.
In sad contrast jämförelse, the poor in America know that they live in the richest nation in the world. The poor of America know that they are perishing håller på att gå under on a lonely island ö of poverty fattigdom. And that they are surrounded omringat by a vast ocean of material prosperity ett oerhört hav av välstånd.
Glistening towers glänsande torn of glass and steel are easy to see from their slum dwellings bostäder. These glass and steel buildings glas-och-stål byggnader spring up almost overnight växer upp som svampar ur marken. Jets speed over their ghettoes at 600 miles an hour. Satellites streak through susar förbi outer space and reveal avslöjar details of the moon.
President Johnson, in his State of the Union Message årliga tal till nationen emphasized betonade this contradiction motsägelse. He heralded hyllade the United States' "highest standard of living levnadsstandard in the world". At the same time he deplored beklagade that the high living standard was accompanied by åtföljs av "loss of jobs and poverty in the midst of mitt ibland plenty".
So it is obvious uppenbart that if man is to redeem his spiritual and moral "lag", he must go all out. He must go all out to bridge the social and economic gulf bygga broar över glapet between the "haves" and the "have nots" of the world. Poverty fattigdom is one of the most urgent brådskande items on the agenda dagordning of modern life.
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Entirely in English:
We have developed the greatest system of production that history has ever known. We have become the richest nation in the world. Yet, at least one-fifth of our fellow citizens — some ten million families are bound to a miserable culture of poverty.
In a sense being poor in America is more frustrating than being poor in Africa and Asia. The misery of the poor in Africa and Asia is shared misery, a fact of life for the vast majority. They are all poor together as a result of years of exploitation and underdevelopment. In sad contrast, the poor in America know that they live in the richest nation in the world.
The poor of America know that even though they are perishing on a lonely island of poverty they are surrounded by a vast ocean of material prosperity. Glistening towers of glass and steel easily seen from their slum dwellings spring up almost overnight. Jet liners speed over their ghettoes at 600 miles an hour. Satellites streak through outer space and reveal details of the moon.
President Johnson, in his State of the Union Message emphasized this contradiction when he heralded the United States' "highest standard of living in the world", and deplored that it was accompanied by "dislocation; loss of jobs, and poverty in the midst of plenty".
So it is obvious that if man is to redeem his spiritual and moral "lag", he must go all out to bridge the social and economic gulf between the "haves" and the "have nots" of the world. Poverty is one of the most urgent items on the agenda of modern life.
