文档介绍：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.
And yet I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable
controversy that your generous decision has generated. (Laughter.) In
part, this
is because I
am at
the
beginning,
and not the
end, of my labors
on the world stage. Compared to some of the giants of history who
’ve
received this prize -- Schweitzer and King; Marshall and Mandela -- my
accomplishments are slight. And then there are the men and women around
the world
who have been jailed
and beaten in
the pursuit
of justice;
those
who toil in humanitarian organizations to relieve suffering; the
unrecognized millions
whose quiet
acts of courage and compassion inspire
even the most hardened cynics. I cannot argue with those who find these
men and women -- some known, some obscure to all but those they help --
to be far more deserving of this honor than I.
But perhaps the most profound issue surrounding my receipt of this pr