Teddy Roosevelt on the Nobel Peace Prize and the Use of Force

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  December 10th at 12:57 PM  | 

On the occasion of Barack Obama’s acceptance of the honor, it is worth looking back to a little history. Theodore Roosevelt, the first sitting President awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, did not attend the ceremony, but sent a telegram. But TR gave a Nobel lecture in 1910 – two years after leaving office, four years after winning the prize for mediating the end of the | Read More »