Peace
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Linus Pauling – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance speech
Linus Pauling’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1963 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen. I shall not attempt to conceal from you the fact that I am a happy man today. I have been a happy…
moreDag Hammarskjöld – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance speech
Acceptance by Rolf Edberg, Swedish Ambassador to Norway, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1961 It is with infinite sadness that I have received, at the request of the administrators of the estate of Dag Hammarskjöld, the prize for the year 1961 awarded posthumously to a…
morePhilip Noel-Baker – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance speech
Philip Noel-Baker’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1959 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: How can I fulfill what must always be the first duty of every man or woman who stands where I stand now? Perhaps…
moreGeorges Pire – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance speech
Georges Pire’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1958 (in French) Sire, Dans les innombrables lettres que j’ai reçues depuis le 10 Novembre, combien de correspondants inconnus, de pays divers et parfois bien lointains, se sont plu à souligner le geste profondément humain…
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