It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
HAILE SELASSIEPlace principle above all else.
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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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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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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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Education develops the intellect; and the intellect distinguishes man from other creatures. It is education that enables man to harness nature and utilize her resources for the well-being and improvement of his life.
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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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Place principle above all else.
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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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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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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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Leadership does not mean domination.
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We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.
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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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Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess.
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