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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>
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[[File:Martin Luther King Jr nobel peace prize.jpg|left|175px|thumb|[[Martin Luther King]] Jr., who preached non-violence, won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.]]
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[[File:Martin Luther King Jr nobel peace prize.jpg|left|175px|thumb|[[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], who preached non-violence, won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.]]
 
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:
 
{{quotebox-float|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>}}
 
{{quotebox-float|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>}}
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