There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.
HAILE SELASSIEEvery labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily
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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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A good leader maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking.
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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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Every labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily
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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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A man who says “I have learned enough and will learn no further” should be considered as knowing nothing at all.
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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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The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.
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It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
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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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Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?
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You must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow.
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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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There is no safer anchorage for our learning, our lives, and our public actions than that provided by Divine teachings.
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Place principle above all else.
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