Until all Africans stand and speak as free human beings, equal in the eyes of the Almighty; until that day, the African continent shall not know peace.
HAILE SELASSIEI have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests.
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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 not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.
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A good leader maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking.
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This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
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Leadership does not mean domination.
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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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A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility.
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Unity should be the cornerstone of relations.
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Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.
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Place principle above all else.
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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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Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.
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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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Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
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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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