If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.
HAILE SELASSIEFeel the needs of others more than your own.
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It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.
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Feel the needs of others more than your own.
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Here is our opportunity and our challenge. If the nuclear powers are prepared to declare a truce, let us seize the moment to strengthen the institutions and procedures which will serve as the means for the pacific settlement of disputes among men.
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Unity should be the cornerstone of relations.
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A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility.
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The fruits of one’s sweat and mental labour are always rewarding.
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There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.
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No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.
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The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations.
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Spiritual power is the eternal guide, in this life and the life after, for man ranks supreme among all creatures. Led forward by spiritual power, man can reach the summit destined for him by the Great Creator.
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He [the Almighty] taught us that all human beings are equal regardless of sex, national origin and tribe. And He also taught us all who seek Him shall find Him.
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A man who says “I have learned enough and will learn no further” should be considered as knowing nothing at all.
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Do not worship me, I am not God. I’m only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructors but from the very life experience itself.
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The United Nations continues to sense as the forum where nations whose interests clash may lay their cases before world opinion.
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Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?
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This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
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We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.
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We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?
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Every labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily
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Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.
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Democracy, Republic: What do these words signify? What have they changed in the world? Have men become better, more loyal, kinder? Are the people happier? All goes on as before, as always. Illusions, illusions.
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Everyone, in all walks of life, regardless of his professional occupation should feel concerned and play an active role to solve such problems which affect mankind.
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Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?
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Education develops the intellect; and the intellect distinguishes man from other creatures. It is education that enables man to harness nature and utilize her resources for the well-being and improvement of his life.
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