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There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.

Haile Selassie

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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God Greatness History Judgement Nation Remember
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.
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Equality Eyes Freedom Human Peace Talk
Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.
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Myself Organization Success World
We must act to shape and mold the future, and leave our imprint on events as they slip past into history.
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Act Future History Leaving Past
Feel the needs of others more than your own.
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Empathy Feeling Need
No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.
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Faith God Human Judgement Oneself Way
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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Act Action Different Evil History Justice Possible Silence Success Voice
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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Deal Death Enemy Men Stop War
Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?
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Creation Ideas Myself People
Leadership does not mean domination.
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Dominate Leadership One Liner
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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Illusion Issues Live Men Myself Security
Unity should be the cornerstone of relations.
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Relationship Unity
If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.
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Destroy God Government History Judgement People Remember Strong Weakness
Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?
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Demand Effort See Unity
We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.
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Progress Slow Success
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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Country Death Freedom Men Peace War

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