Product Description

The Nobel Lecture

was delivered by Jimmy Carter

on December 10, 2002,

at the ceremony in Oslo, Norway,

where he received the

Nobel Prize for Peace.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #352770 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

About the Author
Jimmy Carter, who served as thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born in Plains, Georgia, in 1924. After leaving the White House, he and his wife, Rosalynn, founded the Atlanta-based Carter Center, a nonprofit organization that works to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health around the world.

Customer Reviews

A Great Humanitarian
This short, yet important work of President Jimmy Carter presents a glimpse at his thoughtful wisdom. I whole heartedly recommend Carter's lecture to anyone interested in the 39th president and his keen sense of social justice. I wouldn't necessarily recommend buying the lecture because it is available for free online (at the Nobel website), and the price is a bit much for twenty pages (which is why I only gave it four stars). However, it is indeed a beautiful book and would make a great gift; plus, all the author's proceeds are being donated to The Carter Center. Ultimately, whether you choose to buy it or read it online, I assure you that reading this touching lecture will be well worth your time.

Nobel Lecture
Once again, the sage wisdom of Jimmy Carter is revealed in his words of wisdom about war and peace. This should be required reading for everyone in the White House and the Pentagon.

A moving testimony from a true world citizen
"The Nobel Prize Lecture," by Jimmy Carter, is a short volume--the lecture and supplemental materials total 32 pages. In the lecture Carter recalls his service as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy, as well as his service as the U.S. Commander-in-Chief "during the height of the Cold War." Carter notes with irony that "the world is now, in many ways, a more dangerous place" after the end of the Cold War, and he also warns against "a principle of preventive war." He notes further, "War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good."

The Nobel laureate briefly mentions the work of the Carter Center and also states his belief that "the most serious and universal problem" facing the world "is the growing chasm between the richest and poorest people on earth." The former president pays tribute to many individuals, including Anwar Sadat, Yitzhak Rabin, Andrei Sakharov, George C. Marshall, Desmond Tutu, Aung San Suu Kyi, and his own wife Rosalynn. I was especially moved by Carter's expression of faith that human beings of differing religions are capable of joining together in a common quest for peace. I did not find anything really groundbreaking or monumental in this lecture. But it is a genuinely inspiring testament by a leader with a truly global vision.