As man’s faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life.
HAILE SELASSIEWe 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.
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We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.
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Here is our opportunity and our challenge. If the nuclear powers are prepared to declare a truce, let us seize the moment to strengthen the institutions and procedures which will serve as the means for the pacific settlement of disputes among men.
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It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
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Unity should be the cornerstone of relations.
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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.
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Everyone, in all walks of life, regardless of his professional occupation should feel concerned and play an active role to solve such problems which affect mankind.
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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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An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.
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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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Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?
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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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Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an ‘is,’ it is a ‘becoming.’
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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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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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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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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 true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations.
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Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
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A good leader maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking.
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The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.
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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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It is important that spiritual advancement must keep pace with material advancement.
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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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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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Conflicts between nations will continue to arise. The real issue is whether they are to be resolved by force, or by resort to peaceful methods and procedures, administered by impartial institutions.
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Do not worship me, I am not God. I’m only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.
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