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.
HAILE SELASSIENo one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.
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Every labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily
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We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.
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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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Unity should be the cornerstone of relations.
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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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Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?
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As man’s faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life.
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Place principle above all else.
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We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.
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There 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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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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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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A good leader maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking.
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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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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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