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[[File:Martin Luther King Jr nobel peace prize.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Martin Luther King]] Jr., 1964 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.]]
[[File:Medal Nobel Peace Prizes.jpg|220px|right|thumb|A Nobel Prize Medal with a picture of [[Alfred Nobel]]]]
The '''Nobel Peace Prize''' is one of the five [[Nobel Prize]]s; it is awarded in [[Norway]] by the Nobel Committee. The other four, awarded in [[Sweden]], are in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature. Each laureate receives a gold medal, a diploma and a quantity of money. The prize has increasingly been rewarded to various world leaders for political reasons.<ref>Levinson, K. Liva (November 5, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/international/468850-nobel-prize-for-ethiopian-prime-minister-renews-scrutiny-of-premature Nobel Prize for Ethiopian prime minister renews scrutiny of 'premature' awards]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 5, 2019.</ref>
The '''Nobel Peace Prize''' is one of the five [[Nobel Prize]]s; it is awarded in [[Norway]] by the Nobel Committee. The other four, awarded in [[Sweden]], are in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature. Each laureate receives a gold medal, a diploma and a quantity of money. The prize has increasingly been rewarded to various world leaders for political reasons.<ref>Levinson, K. Liva (November 5, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/international/468850-nobel-prize-for-ethiopian-prime-minister-renews-scrutiny-of-premature Nobel Prize for Ethiopian prime minister renews scrutiny of 'premature' awards]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 5, 2019.</ref>
“The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: /- - -/ one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” (Excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel written in 1895.) [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/]
“The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: /- - -/ one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” (Excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel written in 1895.) [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/]
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[[File:Martin Luther King Jr nobel peace prize.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Martin Luther King]] Jr., 1964 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.]]
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>}}
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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