Committee Quote by Wangari Maathai

The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.

— John Bolton

We need to see the connection between global warring and global warming, and it's oil. Sustainability is the path to peace.

— Dennis Kucinich

I think the team that successfully puts together an economic and social policy framework for global full employment in decent working conditions based on…

— Juan Somavia

It is perfectly reasonable to despair of a world where the Nobel Committee gives the Peace Prize to a man running a war.

— Martin Firrell

“The enormous amount of financial resources and creative energy that nations have spent on wars and weapons could have been redirected to curing deadly…

— Newton Lee

I think they should continue the policy of not giving a Nobel Prize for paneling.

— Jack Handey

President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only peace.

— Moon Jae-in

The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and a commitment.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society.

— Desmond Tutu

Ultimately, I believe - because energy is so central to our lives - that a common global project to rewire the world with clean…

— Ross Gelbspan

I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!

— Omar Bongo

Development is among the most important long-term multilateral agendas existing today. As we all know, lasting peace cannot be achieved unless large population groups…

— Pal Schmitt