Per Anger Prize
The Per Anger Prize was instituted by the Swedish Government to honor the memory of ambassador Per Anger and is awarded for humanitarian work and initiatives in the name of Democracy. The prize is awarded to individuals or groups who have distinguished themselves either in the past or in more recent times.
In 2011 the Per Anger Prize was awarded to the Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi.
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Famous quotes containing the words anger and/or prize:
“Don’t make your enemies happy.
Make up with your lover,
who’s greedy to be back
in your good graces.
Daughter,
because you’ve taken anger to extremes,
you won’t amount
to a hill of beans.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)
“The true runner comes to the finish and receives the prize and is crowned.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)