An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.
HAILE SELASSIEWe all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.
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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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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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As is commonly said, ‘to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful culmination takes great effort.’
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Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?
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Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
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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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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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We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.
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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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It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
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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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Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?
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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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Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.
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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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