Ninety-Year Nobel Peace Prize Speech

Author: Wang Xiaoye
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Reading through the speeches of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates over more than a century, one perceives a historical and spiritual tapestry, filled with many heart-stirring deeds: Those in high positions, like Jimmy Carter, who, despite the imminent danger of gunfire, insisted on staying in Haiti to negotiate and mediate until the end, ultimately achieving peace talks; Those of enduring dedication, like Mother Teresa, who, for fifty years, tirelessly helped the poor, leaving behind no money to her name; Those of magnanimity, like Rabin and Arafat, who abandoned the prejudices intertwined with nationality, history, and war, resolutely turning swords into plowshares, embodying the grace of "a smile that erases old grievances upon meeting."