The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.
HAILE SELASSIEA good leader maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking.
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Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?
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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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Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
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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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A well organized education should not be one which prepares students for a good remuneration alone. It should be one that can help and guide them towards acquiring clear thinking, a fruitful mind, and an elevated spirit.
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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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Do not worship me, I am not God. I’m only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.
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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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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.
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The United Nations continues to sense as the forum where nations whose interests clash may lay their cases before world opinion.
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Unity should be the cornerstone of relations.
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There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of our people merits as much attention as its spiritual welfare
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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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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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