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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 Selassie

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.
HAILE SELASSIE

Book Experience Learning Life Mindset Yourself
There is always something moving, brewing. There are ambitious people everywhere. Wicked people. The only thing to do is to deal with them with courage and decision. One must beware of uncertainty, weakness or conflicting emotions – they lead to defeat.
HAILE SELASSIE

Ambition Courage Decision Defeat Emotion People Weakness
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.
HAILE SELASSIE

Change Democracy Kindess Loyalty Man Word
Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.
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God Greatness History Judgement Nation Remember
Place principle above all else.
HAILE SELASSIE

Character One Liner Place Principle
History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity.
HAILE SELASSIE

Difference Goal History Ourselves Path Strength Teaching Unity
Do not worship me, I am not God. I’m only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.
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God Man Myself Religious
There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of our people merits as much attention as its spiritual welfare
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Attention Body Men People Sound Spiritual
We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.
HAILE SELASSIE

Acceptance Existence Peace Togetherness
Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?
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Demand Effort See Unity
As man’s faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life.
HAILE SELASSIE

Development Himself Life Man
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.
HAILE SELASSIE

Equality God Himself Human Seek Sex
Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless.
HAILE SELASSIE

Alone Himself Knowledge Learning Worth
A man who says “I have learned enough and will learn no further” should be considered as knowing nothing at all.
HAILE SELASSIE

Education Fools Learning Man Myself
Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.
HAILE SELASSIE

Accomplishment Courage Goal
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.
HAILE SELASSIE

Men Moments Opportunity Ourselves Power Preparation Strength

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.

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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.

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