Peace
Theodore Roosevelt – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture May 5, 1910 International Peace It is with peculiar pleasure that I stand here today to express the deep appreciation I feel of the high honor conferred upon me by the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize. The gold medal which formed part of the prize I shall always keep, and I shall…
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Institute of International Law – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
An Adress, August 24 1912 The Work of the Institute of International Law On behalf of the Institute of International Law, whose president I have the honor to be, I would first of all like to express our deep gratitude to His Majesty for honoring this opening of the twenty-seventh session of the Institute with…
moreRandal Cremer – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, January 15, 1905 The Progress and Advantages of International Arbitration For many reasons I regret the delay which has taken place in my appearance here. Ever since the Nobel Committee awarded me the prize, I have been anxious to fulfill the condition which they impose upon the recipient, that he should visit Christiania…
moreÉlie Ducommun – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, May 16, 1904 The Futility of War Demonstrated by History War, we are told, shapes character; it resolves the major questions of international politics, consolidates nations, and indeed, constitutes the principal factor in the progress of civilization through its successive stages. Since all assertions must be carefully examined in order to benefit from…
moreAlbert Gobat – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, July 18, 1906 The Development of the Hague Conventions of July 29, 1899 It will soon be seven years since the ninth Interparliamentary Conference met here in your capital city. It was a notable assembly whose participants will long remember the magnificent hospitality of Norway. Some time before that meeting the official representatives…
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