THE PRESIDENT: Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world:
I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. It is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations — that for all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. Our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice. READ MORE
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the 44th U.S. president for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” said Thorbjørn Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Oct. 9 when announcing the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. “The Committee has attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world free from nuclear weapons.” List of all Nobel Laureates

