We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.
HAILE SELASSIEMahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.
More Haile Selassie Quotes
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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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Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless.
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It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
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The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.
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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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Feel the needs of others more than your own.
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Spiritual power is the eternal guide, in this life and the life after, for man ranks supreme among all creatures. Led forward by spiritual power, man can reach the summit destined for him by the Great Creator.
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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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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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Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.
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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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You must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow.
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History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity.
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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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There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of our people merits as much attention as its spiritual welfare
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