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Adolfo Pérez Esquivel's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1980 (Translation) Your Majesty, Mr. President of the Nobel Committee, Committee Members, Ladies and Gentlemen: With humility I stand before you to receive the high distinction that the Nobel Committee and the Parliament grant to those who have committed their lives on behalf of peace and to the pursuit of justice and solidarity among nations. I would like to receive this award in the name of the people of Latin America and especially in the name of the poorest and smallest of my brothers and sisters, who are the most beloved children of God. I receive it in the name of my indigenous brothers and sisters, the peasants, workers, and young people, in the name of the thousands of members of religious orders and of men and women of goodwill, who renounce privileges to share the life and way of the poor, and who struggle to build a new society. For a man like myself, a small voice for those who have no voice, who struggles so that the cry of the people may be heard in all its power, for one without any special identity except as a veritable Latin American man and as a Christian, ‐ this is, without any doubt, the highest honour that I can receive: to be considered a servant of peace. I come from a continent that lives between anguish and hope, where my own history is being written. I am convinced that the gospel power of nonviolence presents a choice that opens up for us a challenge of new and radical perspectives. It is an option which gives priority to the essential Christian value: the dignity of the human being; the sacred, transcendent and irrevocable dignity that belongs to the human being by reason of being a child of God and a brother or sister in Christ, and therefore, our own brother and sister. In these long years of struggle for our organisation, the Service for Peace and Justice in Latin America, we have shared the path together with the poorest and most necessitous. We have not much to say but much to share in order to achieve by nonviolent struggle the abolition of injustice and the attainment of a more just and humane society for all. It is walking together with our brothers and sisters, those who are persecuted, who hunger and thirst for justice, who suffer oppression, who live in anguish by the prospect of war, who suffer aggressive violence or see regularly postponed the attainment of their elemental rights.

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AdolfoPérezEsquivel'sAcceptanceSpeech,ontheoccasionoftheawardoftheNobelPeacePrizeinOslo,December10,1980

(Translation)

YourMajesty,Mr.PresidentoftheNobelCommittee,CommitteeMembers,LadiesandGentlemen:

WithhumilityIstandbeforeyoutoreceivethehighdistinctionthattheNobelCommitteeandtheParliamentgranttothosewhohavecommittedtheirlivesonbehalfofpeaceandtothepursuitofjusticeandsolidarityamongnations.

IwouldliketoreceivethisawardinthenameofthepeopleofLatinAmericaandespeciallyinthenameofthepoorestandsmallestofmybrothersandsisters,whoarethemostbelovedchildrenofGod.Ireceiveitinthenameofmyindigenousbrothersandsisters,thepeasants,workers,andyoungpeople,inthenameofthethousandsofmembersofreligiousordersandofmenandwomenofgoodwill,whorenounceprivilegestosharethelifeandwayofthepoor,andwhostruggletobuildanewsociety.

Foramanlikemyself,asmallvoiceforthosewhohavenovoice,whostrugglessothatthecryofthepeoplemaybeheardinallitspower,foronewithoutanyspecialidentityexceptasaveritableLatinAmericanmanandasaChristian,‐thisis,withoutanydoubt,thehighesthonourthatIcanreceive:tobeconsideredaservantofpeace.

Icomefromacontinentthatlivesbetweenanguishandhope,wheremyownhistoryisbeingwritten.Iamconvincedthatthegospelpowerofnonviolencepresentsachoicethatopensupforusachallengeofnewandradicalperspectives.ItisanoptionwhichgivesprioritytotheessentialChristianvalue:thedignityofthehumanbeing;thesacred,transcendentandirrevocabledignitythatbelongstothehumanbeingbyreasonofbeingachildofGodandabrotherorsisterinChrist,andtherefore,ourownbrotherandsister.

Intheselongyearsofstruggleforourorganisation,theServiceforPeaceandJusticeinLatinAmerica,wehavesharedthepathtogetherwiththepoorestandmostnecessitous.

Wehavenotmuchtosaybutmuchtoshareinordertoachievebynonviolentstruggletheabolitionofinjusticeandtheattainmentofamorejustandhumanesocietyforall.

Itiswalkingtogetherwithourbrothersandsisters,thosewhoarepersecuted,whohungerandthirstforjustice,whosufferoppression,wholiveinanguishbytheprospectofwar,whosufferaggressiveviolenceorseeregularlypostponedtheattainmentoftheirelementalrights.

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ItisforallthesethatIamheretoday.

Wouldthatmyvoicecouldhavethestrengthofvoiceofthehumble,avoicethatdenouncesinjusticeandproclaimshopeinGodandhumanity.ThisisthehopeofallhumanbeingswholongtoliveinharmonyincommonwithallpersonsasbrothersandsistersandaschildrenofGod.

LatinAmericaisacontinentyoungandvital,whichwasdescribedbyPopePaulVIasthe"ContinentofHope".

Tounderstandthisistovaluethisrealityandbecalledtoshareinitsdestiny.Itmeanstoachieveaprofoundidentitywiththepeoplewhoaretheprotagonistsinthishistoricprocess.ItmeansbeingreadytoredeempainandsufferingwithloveinthewaythatJesustaught.

Whenweseetheworldourpeopleinhabit,weseeitasanaffronttoGodinwhichmillionsofourchildren,youths,adults,andtheelderlyliveunderthemarkofunder‐development.

Theinstitutionalisedviolence,miseryandoppressiongenerateadualreality,fruitofthepoliticalandeconomicsystemsthatcreateinjustice,sanctifyingasocialorderthatbenefitsonlyafew:therichbecomeseverricherattheexpenseofthepoorwhobecomeseverpoorer.

Confrontingthatreality‐liketheCatholicbishopsatPuebla,liketheChristianscommittedtothestruggleforhumanrights,likeallpersonsofgoodwill‐IwanttosharetheanguishonthesufferingfaceoftheLatinAmericanmanorwomaninwhomweseethesufferingfaceofChrist,ourLord,questioningus.

AsIspeaktoyou,Iseebeforemyeyesthevividimagesofmybrothersandsisters:

–facesoftheworkersandpeasantslivingatsub‐humanlevels,whoserightstoorganiseareseverelylimited;–facesofchildrenwhosufferfrommalnutrition;–ofyoungpeoplewhoseetheirhopesfrustrated;–ofthemarginalurbanpoor;–ofourindigenouspeople;–ofthemotherssearchingfortheirmissingsonsanddaughters;–ofthedisappeared,manyofthemmerechildren;–ofthousandsofexiles;–ofthepeoplewhoclamourforlibertyandjusticeofall.

Inspiteofsomuchsufferingandpain,IliveinhopebecauseIfeelthatLatinAmericaisacontinentontherise.Itsliberationmaybedelayedbutneverdenied.

Weliveinhopebecause,likeSt.Paul,webelievethatloveneverdies.Humanbeingsinthehistoricalprocesshavecreatedenclavesoflovewiththeiractivepracticeof

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solidaritythroughouttheworld,withthegoalofthefullliberationofhumanity.

FormeitisessentialtohavetheinnerpeaceandserenityofprayerinordertolistentothesilenceofGod,whichspeakstousinourpersonallifeandthehistoryofourtimes,ofthepoweroflove.

BecauseofthisfaithinChristandhumankind,wemustapplyourhumbleeffortstobuildamorejustandhumaneworld.Iwanttoaffirmemphatically:suchaworldispossible.

Tocreatethisnewsocietywemustreachoutourhands,fraternally,withouthatredandrancour,forreconciliationandpeace,withunfalteringdeterminationinthedefenseoftruthandjustice.

Weknowwecannotplantseedswithclosedfists.Tosowwemustopenourhands.

IwanttothankallofyouandtheNobelCommitteeforthishighdistinctiongiventhehumblepeopleofLatinAmerica.Iamdeeplymovedandevenmorecommittedtoredoublemyeffortsinthestruggleforpeaceandjustice.

Weknowthatpeaceisonlypossiblewhenitisthefruitofjustice.Truepeaceisaprofoundtransformationbymeansoftheforceofnonviolencethatisthepoweroflove.

Iwouldliketotellyouthat,thankstothesupportandunderstandingofmywifeandchildreneveninthehardestandmostdifficultmomentsofthisstruggle,IcouldcontinuethisworktogetherwithmybrothersandsistersofLatinAmerica.Withmyfamily'slove,silenceandsolidaritytheyhavealwayshelpedtogivemestrengthandcouragetoservemybrothersandsisters.

InvokingthestrengthofChrist,ourLord,Iwouldliketosharewithyou,withmypeople,andwiththeworldwhatHehastaughtusintheSermonontheMount:

Blessedarethepoorinspirit;–theirsisthekingdomofheaven.Blessedarethegentle;–theyshallinherittheearth.Blessedaretheywhomourn;–theyshallbecomforted.Blessedarethosewhohungerandthirstforrighteousness;–theyshallbesatisfied.Blessedarethemerciful;–theyshallobtainmercy.Blessedarethepureinheart;–theyshallseeGod.Blessedarethepeacemakers;–theyshallbecalledchildrenofGod.Blessedarethosewhoarepersecutedforrighteousness'sake;–theirsisthekingdomofheaven.Blessedareyouwhenpeopleabuseyouandpersecuteyouandspeakallkindsoffalsehoodsagainstyouformysake.Rejoiceandbeglad,forgreatwillbeyourrewardinheaven.Inthesamewaytheypersecutedtheprophetsbeforeyou.

(Matthew5,1‐12)

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Receivemydeepgratitudeandmywishforpeaceandwell‐being.

FromNobelLectures,Peace1971‐1980,Editor‐in‐ChargeToreFrängsmyr,EditorIrwinAbrams,WorldScientificPublishingCo.,Singapore,1997


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