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10 Dec 08

1980年8月31日，格但斯克列宁造船厂的电工瓦文萨当着数千名工人的面，宣布工人抗议取得的胜利。在这一天，还没有人知道，瓦文萨的当众宣布也暗示了波兰共产制度从此走上了一条崩溃之路。它决不局限于波兰，它在全东欧掀起了一场扫荡共产主义制度的运动。他在公开演讲时说：
"我们这一代完成了一项难以置信的事业。包括我本人在内，没有人曾相信，我们进行的事业是可以成功的，我们居然成功地将共产主义这一残酷的制度推进了历史的故纸堆！"
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- "挪威人民的尊敬代表，您知道我不能亲自前来领奖的原因。然而，在今天这样一个值得庆祝的日子里，我同格但斯克的工人在一起，这里有我的位置，我是他们中的一员，我是属于他们的。"

10 Oct 08

"There was a lot of repression during the Olympic Games. Now is a golden opportunity to underline that repression is unacceptable," said Janne Haaland Matlary, a professor of international relations at the University of Oslo, and a previous candidate to be a member of the Nobel committee.
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- The Chechen human rights lawyer Lydia Yusupova is another contender. "It would be an opportunity to focus on Russia at a time of increased interest following the conflict with Georgia," said Matlary.