We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.
HAILE SELASSIEYou must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow.
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Unity should be the cornerstone of relations.
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We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.
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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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Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.
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It is both the duty and responsibility of the world’s fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many.
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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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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 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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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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The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.
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A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down.
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Feel the needs of others more than your own.
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A good leader maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking.
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Knowledge is power. If it is not applied properly to create, let there be no doubts, it will destroy.
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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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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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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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We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?
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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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Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.
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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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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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Conflicts between nations will continue to arise. The real issue is whether they are to be resolved by force, or by resort to peaceful methods and procedures, administered by impartial institutions.
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The fruits of one’s sweat and mental labour are always rewarding.
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You must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow.
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If each and everyone endeavours to cooperate and work in as much as his capacity permits, our faith rests upon the Almighty God that he would bless the results for us
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