Barack Obama Quote

Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict. Only a just peace based on the inherent rights and dignity of every individual can truly be lasting.
It was this insight that drove drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after the Second World War. In the wake of devastation, they recognized that if human rights are not protected, peace is a hollow promise.


Nobel Prize acceptance speech (December 2009)


Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict. Only a just peace based on the inherent rights and dignity of every individual can truly be...

Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict. Only a just peace based on the inherent rights and dignity of every individual can truly be...

Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict. Only a just peace based on the inherent rights and dignity of every individual can truly be...

Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict. Only a just peace based on the inherent rights and dignity of every individual can truly be...