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The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was a joint award to Kailash Satyarthi and [[Malala Yousafzai]].<ref>https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2014/index.html The Nobel Peace Prize 2014</ref>

The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was a joint award to Kailash Satyarthi and [[Malala Yousafzai]].<ref>https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2014/index.html The Nobel Peace Prize 2014</ref>

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five persons who are chosen by the Norwegian Parliament.<ref>https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/ Nomination and Selection of Peace Prize Laureates</ref> Any individual who meets the nominee criteria can nominate someone for the award, resulting in many nominations. It has been awarded 95 times since 1901. Former President [[Jimmy Carter]] won the award in 2002,<ref>https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2002/ The Nobel Peace Prize 2002</ref> and [[Nelson Mandela]] won in 1993 with Frederik Willem de Klerk.<ref>https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/ The Nobel Peace Prize 1993</ref>

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five persons who are chosen by the Norwegian Parliament.<ref>https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/ Nomination and Selection of Peace Prize Laureates</ref> Any individual who meets the nominee criteria can nominate someone for the award, resulting in many nominations. It has been awarded 95 times since 1901.

Peace was the fifth and final prize area that [[Alfred Nobel]] mentioned in his will:

Peace was the fifth and final prize area that [[Alfred Nobel]] mentioned in his will:

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In 1925 U.S. [[Vice {resident]] [[Charles Dawes]] was awarded the Peace Prize for stabilizing the German economy with the Dawes Plan (1924). It involved making humanitarian loans to Germany which were used to pay [[reparations]] to Britain and France and other Allies, who in turn paid off their war debts to the U.S. The Plan succeeded in restoring prosperity to Europe.

In 1925 U.S. [[Vice President]] [[Charles Dawes]] was awarded the Peace Prize for stabilizing the German economy with the Dawes Plan (1924). It involved making humanitarian loans to Germany which were used to pay [[reparations]] to Britain and France and other Allies, who in turn paid off their war debts to the U.S. The Plan succeeded in restoring prosperity to Europe.

The dictator [[Adolf Hitler]] was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939 as was [[Joseph Stalin]] in 1945.<ref>https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/facts/peace/ Facts on the Nobel Peace Prize</ref>

The dictator [[Adolf Hitler]] was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939 as was [[Joseph Stalin]] in 1945.<ref>https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/facts/peace/ Facts on the Nobel Peace Prize</ref>

In 1964 [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. His acceptance speech started saying:

In 1964 [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. His acceptance speech started saying:

{{Cquote|I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when twenty-two million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice. I accept this award in behalf of a civil rights movement which is moving with determination and a majestic scorn for risk and danger to establish a reign of freedom and a rule of justice... I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him.  <ref>http://www.drmartinlutherkingjr.com/nobelpeaceprize.htm</ref>}}

{{Cquote|I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when twenty-two million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice. I accept this award in behalf of a civil rights movement which is moving with determination and a majestic scorn for risk and danger to establish a reign of freedom and a rule of justice... I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him.  <ref>http://www.drmartinlutherkingjr.com/nobelpeaceprize.htm</ref>}}

In 2009 [[Barack Obama]] became the third sitting U.S. President<ref name=wilsons>Wilson, Scott (October 10, 2009). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100900914.html "President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize"]. ''Washington Post'' website.  See [[Washington Post]].</ref> to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "''for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples''".<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/press.html "The Nobel Prize for 2009: Press release"] (October 9, 2009).  Nobel Prize website [Oslo, Norway]/Nobel Prizes/Peace/Laureates/2009.  Accessed May 13, 2012.</ref> Obama stated that he was "surprised and deeply humbled" to receive the unexpected award,<ref>CNN (October 9, 2009). [https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/index.html?eref=ib_us "Obama: Nobel Peace Prize is 'Call to Action'"]. CNN website/World/Europe.</ref> and also said, "To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize—men and women who have inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace".<ref name=wilsons /> The award was widely criticized given Obama's then lack of accomplishments.<ref>Multiple references:

In 2009 [[Barack Obama]] became the third sitting U.S. President<ref name=wilsons>Wilson, Scott (October 10, 2009). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100900914.html "President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize"]. ''Washington Post'' website.  See [[Washington Post]].</ref> to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "''for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples''".<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/press.html "The Nobel Prize for 2009: Press release"] (October 9, 2009).  Nobel Prize website [Oslo, Norway]/Nobel Prizes/Peace/Laureates/2009.  Accessed May 13, 2012.</ref> Obama stated that he was "surprised and deeply humbled" to receive the unexpected award,<ref>CNN (October 9, 2009). [https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/index.html?eref=ib_us "Obama: Nobel Peace Prize is 'Call to Action'"]. CNN website/World/Europe.</ref> and also said, "To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize—men and women who have inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace".<ref name=wilsons /> The award was widely criticized given Obama's then lack of accomplishments.<ref>Multiple references: