Mother Teresa on Peace

In all of the news and discussion about President Obama being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, I have heard many question what Obama has accomplished as compared to other Nobel laureates. Mother Teresa is one that has come up many times. I must admit that I was quite surprised when I heard about Obama's award; I actually thought it was a joke at first. Now, when I read Mother Teresa's speech from when she received the Peace Prize and compare it with Obama's actions, I am totally baffled as to why he was given this honor. Here is a portion of what she had to say:

"I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing - direct murder by the mother herself. And we read in the Scripture, for God says very clearly: Even if a mother could forget her child - I will not forget you - I have carved you in the palm of my hand. We are carved in the palm of His hand, so close to Him that unborn child has been carved in the hand of God. And that is what strikes me most, the beginning of that sentence, that even if a mother could forget something impossible - but even if she could forget - I will not forget you. And today the greatest means - the greatest destroyer of peace is abortion. And we who are standing here - our parents wanted us. We would not be here if our parents would do that to us. Our children, we want them, we love them, but what of the millions. Many people are very, very concerned with the children in India, with the children in Africa where quite a number die, maybe of malnutrition, of hunger and so on, but millions are dying deliberately by the will of the mother. And this is what is the greatest destroyer of peace today. Because if a mother can kill her own child - what is left for me to kill you and you kill me - there is nothing between."