Until all Africans stand and speak as free human beings, equal in the eyes of the Almighty; until that day, the African continent shall not know peace.
HAILE SELASSIEUntil all Africans stand and speak as free human beings, equal in the eyes of the Almighty; until that day, the African continent shall not know peace.
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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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Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.
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Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
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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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Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?
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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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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 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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An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.
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There is no safer anchorage for our learning, our lives, and our public actions than that provided by Divine teachings.
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We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?
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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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The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.
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Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?
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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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We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.
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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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Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
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You must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow.
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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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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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The fruits of one’s sweat and mental labour are always rewarding.
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Place principle above all else.
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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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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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