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We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.

Haile Selassie

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 SELASSIE

Destroy God Government History Judgement People Remember Strong Weakness
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.
HAILE SELASSIE

Change Democracy Kindess Loyalty Man Word
As is commonly said, ‘to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful culmination takes great effort.’
HAILE SELASSIE

Development Effort Greatness Simple Start Success
Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.
HAILE SELASSIE

Accomplishment Courage Goal
Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?
HAILE SELASSIE

Democracy Politics Word
Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess.
HAILE SELASSIE

Believe Goal Ourselves
Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.
HAILE SELASSIE

Dominate Leadership People Rule World
Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.
HAILE SELASSIE

Myself Organization Success World
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.
HAILE SELASSIE

Illusion Issues Live Men Myself Security
It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
HAILE SELASSIE

Animal Compassion Easy
It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.
HAILE SELASSIE

Deal Death Enemy Men Stop War
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.
HAILE SELASSIE

Men Moments Opportunity Ourselves Power Preparation Strength
Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.
HAILE SELASSIE

Freedom Justice Live Long Men Remember
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.
HAILE SELASSIE

Destiny Greatness Guide Life Man Power Spiritual
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
HAILE SELASSIE

Attention Body Men People Sound Spiritual
Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?
HAILE SELASSIE

Creation Ideas Myself People

We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.

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We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.

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