Observe that anyone who dies for his country is a fortunate man, but death takes what it wants, indiscriminately, in peace-time as well as in war. It is better to die with freedom than without it.
HAILE SELASSIEThe United Nations continues to sense as the forum where nations whose interests clash may lay their cases before world opinion.
More Haile Selassie Quotes
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Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?
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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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Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess.
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It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
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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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The fruits of one’s sweat and mental labour are always rewarding.
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Leadership does not mean domination.
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Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
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Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
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We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.
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Democracy, Republic: What do these words signify? What have they changed in the world? Have men become better, more loyal, kinder? Are the people happier? All goes on as before, as always. Illusions, illusions.
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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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Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?
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We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?
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The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.
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