There is no safer anchorage for our learning, our lives, and our public actions than that provided by Divine teachings.
HAILE SELASSIENo one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.
More Haile Selassie Quotes
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We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.
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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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Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?
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Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess.
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Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
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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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The fruits of one’s sweat and mental labour are always rewarding.
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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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A good leader maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking.
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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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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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I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests.
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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 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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There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.
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