2009 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture by Barack Obama 

Where there is oil, there is america and where there is america, there is war and destruction. Time and time we have witnessed it. But alas

20K bomb for Nobel Peace prize .

It was nice that he acknowledged the fact that there were people more deserving than him to receive the prize, even if it was indirectly.

Dude killed more people in the middle East than bush and got a noble peace prize for that 😂

The Nobel peace prize lost its value after this

His speech was very empathetic intelligent and prudent. That being said, later in his presidency, he would become a warmonger. The irony of this fact will not be forgotten.

Therefore i dont trust nobel peace price it can be bought 😂😂

The biggest cruelty of this world is that hundreds of thousands of people are dead or dying from wars that are initiated by you yet you're here accepting a prize for peace with the highest prize level, making your hypocritical speech, showing your modesty.

Where are we living

Maybe the most undeserved prize in the history of time

to make all the new viewer this was in 2009 when Obama was just 11 days in the office.

I'm confused he hadn't done anything to deserve this award

17:08 Basically justifying war, the very thing he condemned as a human folly at the start of the speech.

Yes good speech, but there is so much that we don't know what these type of people do behind the scenes.

anyone else thinking of drone strikes while watching this video?

Even though undeserved, that was a great speech. Obama was probably the greatest president at giving speeches.

you cant even start comparing between Obama and Jose Ramos Horta, Jose Ramos Horta is a peace activist in East Timor since 1976, basically Jose Ramos dedicated his life for peace, after majoring international laws, peace studies and human rights laws. I don't see Obama's country under any brutal occupation, unless you include the crise in the economy a brutal attack, which basicaly should be blamed by the autorities for creating a nation that it's moto is "Consume, Consume and Consume"

This world is crazy.

He pretty much said, in what way was giving me of all people a Nobel peace prize a rational idea? In a very educated way.

As much as he didn´t deserve the award, that was a great speech.

Still I don’t understand why he got this 😹😹

What a joke, US and peace can't be in the same sentence

I lost my respect to the entire Nobel Prize thing after they gave Obama a Nobel Prize for no reason

Boy....they must be handing these peace prizes out like candy.....

He doesn't have an idea why he was awarded with this

how he Get the Price? He destroy the world.

Fantastic speech, sure. "We do not have to live in an idealized world to reach for those ideals that will make it a better place." He truly captivated the meaning of human progress, and justice, in this lecture. But... did he meant Guantanamo torture, the murder of Osama, or the 61 people OTAN left to die in starvation, in the Mediterranean sea? Many decent citizens... think he should return the prize, or it be claimed back by the nobel comittee. [I hope my comment is not deleted]

Ridiculous..definitely not deserved...

What an eloquent speaker. Almost forgotten how brilliant a speaker he is.

I forgot that they gave him a nobel. He definitely didn’t earn that

He should have gotten the best motivational speakers award

Together as one people of the World to make peace, Reconciliation

Disgraceful,

It says a lot that Martin Luther King's speech for the acceptance of the Nobel Peace prize was eleven minutes long and Shmobama's speech droned on for thirty-seven minutes.

Barak obama fantastic puplic speak and truly speak,first president become USApresident he undertood political.he desering nobel peace press

The boundaries between peace and appeasement are so blurred, I hope the Nobel Prize Committee can clearly distinguish the difference between them, and have never regretted the decision that day.

No matter what he has done or not to win the prize, just carefully listen to his words and you can learn a lot from this wonderful speech...

Its kind of sad being president. People keep thinking he has all the power to do whatever he wants but in reality he has almost the same power as the next guy except to him it seems more convenient to do so. I mean the fact that you can call an airstrike, send troops to hot spot, and etc. but you can't close down 1 freaking prison makes this system very constricting. And as a result people can just criticized you for so many things even though you are trying to hard to please them.

Can I have one? I have also done nothing, then failed at my major goals.

Nobel Peace Prize should not be bestowed on a person with shadows of gray on his soul...there is no post war II an American President that deserves Peace Prize...

Each time i liste to this speach, i think of our people of libya and Africa as a whole. The involment of NATO. To me most deserving Nobel peace Price IS that of Martin Luther king Jr.

@mbenzsl2000 The people who run the committee today were not even born when Ghandi lived, it's not their fault that Ghandi was not endowed with a prize. Don't discredit Obama winning because Ghandi did not win, Ghandi didn't need a prize to be realized as a great man. He made his mark and am sure anybody who went to school knows who he is.

What did BarackO do to earn the Nobel Peace Prize?

Ridiculous

That’s a President!! USA 🇺🇸

Women's rights are Human Rights

People 10 years later still hating.

For any Nation Sovereignty to be respected, first and foremost All the Nation in the world should respect other Nation Sovereignty ⭐,Stand for Human rights,

This is definitely some 1984 stuff right here. You can fool some people sometimes.......WAR IS PEACE PEACE IS WAR. DrooooL I love my T.V.....

"You can't be more badass than that!" (Joe Wong, Correspondence Dinner). Well, you really can't be more badass than this. I guess being the first black president of the U.S. sparks sensations that overwhelm the entire world--and cloud their judgment quite a bit.

He did not deserve this

One thing I can say is This a realistic overview of world speech not mere idealistic notions .

But yes, don't put this on Obama. It's those who selected him.

I love OBAMA his speech with his impressive vocabulary

Legend. Charismatic, polite, articulate person with wonderful sense of humour.

Say what you will about the man, but this was a good speech. I need the transcirpt

..AND do yourself ana american favour, READ HOWARD ZINN, READ NOAM CHOMSKY, or even just watch South PArk! the American who doesn't know why his country is bad type of american is frankly no longer bearable.

Mostly realistic, not just well-intentioned. There is an interesting book about the Nobel Peace Prize and its winners, including Obama 'Peace they Say' by Jay Nordlinger.

As much as I admire Obama, I still don’t understand why he won the Nobel Peace Prize literally one year into his first term.

No reading. Awesome speaker and nobility.

I wonder, in the past ten years, has a better speech been given?

Show me one person who is a better speaker than this man! Still watching in 2019!

Why do this video have so many dislikes it's a great speech come on guys!

Also did anyone else question "America has never fought a war against a democracy"? I know they fought the British in the Revolutionary War and then again in the War of 1812, when on both occasions Britain was a constitutional monarchy. Whether it was a 'democracy' in the modern sense is debatable, though.

I want him back!

if he deserved is highly debatebel , but it is a great speach

The year 2020 is almost ending and Im still listening to a great orator of the century.

Thank you very much good so happi

this man always wins through his speeches never his actions

I'm not gonna claim he was the best choice for the peace prize at the time, and many of us in Norway joked about Obama receiving the prize for not being George W. Bush. He did give a good speech though. But in these extraordinary times when both the US and the world are in need of intelligent leadership, I really do miss him.

Powerful phrase 👉 '...difficult questions about the relationship between war and peace, and our effort to replace one with the other.'👌✔

Do I believe that he deserves the Nobel Peace Price?: No, but this speech was eloquently given and I support the war in Afghanistan. "For make no mistake: Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force may sometimes be necessary is not a call to cynicism -- it is a recognition of history; the imperfections of man and the limits of reason."

Love the speech after 29:50 - very apt

Thank you Noble Prize for posting this video.

The sheer amount of ignorance in these comments is astounding. Go back to watching FOX News and leave the governing to those who can read at a collegiate level.

Who is here after annamalai speech.

"Freedom isn't free, it costs fol like you and me, and if we don't all chip in we'll never pay that bill, and if you don't throw in your buck o' five who will?..ooh yeah, freedom costs a buck o'....fiiiiiive yeah"

Brilliant man and leader 💖

Awesome :-D great speech

I agree the situation in Cuba as of today is not acceptable.

so relevant today

@Jonmad17 *I meant Yasser Arafat. No idea why I said Gaddafi.

Good speech

@SoyunSerSuperior : Maybe your moral Value is totally different of the people with real moral value. You maybe think that you have in your pockets us$100 dollars and when you go to the market you are sorprise that what you have had is a Counterfeit money for your whole live but you still think that the mayority ot the people are the one that have the fake ones.

He is a president who operates under certain rules and in specific environment.If he went all the way how most of the people commenting here wanted he would not be a president for long.So having said that I believe he's doing the best he can.Power is not in his hands alone.He avoids all out wars.I myself have been in one and I know what it does.Sad truth.

Just A Meaningful Speech, Bringing Many Together In His Direct Such Great Words, Thank You For All You Have Accomplished Being A Helpful Rightful For Many Reasons President. ❤

Sir, I Like Peace.

One of the best speeches!

Think of Lincoln.

this man can deceive any one with his speech

This year ,2019, the award goes to ኢትዬጵያ ;Thanx all 💚💛❤️🦅✊🏾👏🏽

Excellent!

@mbenzsl2000 Reading the comments in here, it seems like he was going to receive it but was assassinated before he could.

i think he is a good president he means a lot to me

Guilty as charged, really sorry about the world cup by the way!

you have understand that was neither the time nor the place for such an apology. american's on the left are the first to point out that much of the trouble we're in is a result of 50 years of really poor US foreign policy. however much of that was not due to the selfish acts of an evil empire but rather the tactics of a young republic trying to win a cold war without it turning into an all out world war. mistakes we're made, and i hope we've learned from them, but was is hell.

1:37 Well done P.O.

I like when he speech

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