Leadership does not mean domination.
HAILE SELASSIEKnowledge is power. If it is not applied properly to create, let there be no doubts, it will destroy.
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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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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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It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
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Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?
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Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
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He [the Almighty] taught us that all human beings are equal regardless of sex, national origin and tribe. And He also taught us all who seek Him shall find Him.
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I 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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Feel the needs of others more than your own.
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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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One cannot deny that in former times man’s life had been one of toil and hardship. It is correct to say, therefore, that modern civilization and the progress of science have greatly improved man’s life and have brought comfort and ease in their trail.
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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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A good leader maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking.
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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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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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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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