for steadfast resistance to evil at great personal risk
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About the Prize This award arose from its founder's long association with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Through inflexible public resistance, in spite of imprisonment and exile, to the nightmare of Stalinist tyranny, Solzhenitsyn was central to its overthrow. English lacks a word for the heroic virtue that this great man exemplified: non-violent courage in cold blood and at extreme risk, in a civilian context, as distinct from valor in war. A noble few must hazard all from time to time for freedom and justice to survive in the world. If everyone says, "the devil take the hindmost," the devil soon works his way to the head of the line. The prize does not seek to establish a ranking, like a competition, but to draw attention individually to some extraordinary heroes of conscience. Particularly, it seeks to establish the idea, and the words, of Civil Courage as a necessary bulwark of a good society. The prize does not take merely political positions. It only acclaims a few who resolutely combat evil, which is does not define: we know it when we see it. Honorees to Date Phillip Buck of North Korea Nominations The recipient is chosen by the Trustees on the basis of nominations solicited primarily from non-profit, non-governmental organizations world wide. An organization may only submit one nomination, and unsolicited nominations are usually not considered. Presentation The 2007 Prize was presented on 16 October at an Award Ceremony in New York City. Prize Advisors The Hon. Glenn R.W. Babb The Hon. Hodding Carter III Mr. Richard Gilder Mr. John Dimitri Panitza The Hon. Nicholas Platt Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Sir Robert Wade-Gery Advisors Emeritus Dr. John Chipman Mr. Robert P. DeVecchi The Hon. Richard J. Goldstone The Hon. Jeane J. Kirkpatrick† Mr. Kumi Naidoo The Hon. Claiborne Pell
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