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.
HAILE SELASSIEYou must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow.
More Haile Selassie Quotes
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The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.
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We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.
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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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It is both the duty and responsibility of the world’s fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many.
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Unity should be the cornerstone of relations.
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Place principle above all else.
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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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Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.
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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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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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It is important that spiritual advancement must keep pace with material advancement.
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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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Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?
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Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
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Leadership does not mean domination.
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