Leadership does not mean domination.
HAILE SELASSIEThere 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.
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Observe that anyone who dies for his country is a fortunate man, but death takes what it wants, indiscriminately, in peace-time as well as in war. It is better to die with freedom than without it.
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A well informed public opinion is essential to the growth of political and social awareness. Only he who is informed can comment intelligently on his nation’s development and only by such comments can errors be corrected and progress stimulated.
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An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.
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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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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.
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The fruits of one’s sweat and mental labour are always rewarding.
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Knowledge paves the way to Love, and Love in its turn fosters understanding, and leads one along the path of great common achievements.
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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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Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.
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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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We must act to shape and mold the future, and leave our imprint on events as they slip past into history.
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A well organized education should not be one which prepares students for a good remuneration alone. It should be one that can help and guide them towards acquiring clear thinking, a fruitful mind, and an elevated spirit.
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Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
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We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.
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Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.
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