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Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?

Haile Selassie

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
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 man’s faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life.
HAILE SELASSIE

Development Himself Life Man
A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility.
HAILE SELASSIE

Art Expectation Grace Material Sacrifice Tree
A well informed public opinion is essential to the growth of political and social awareness. Only he who is informed can comment intelligently on his nation’s development and only by such comments can errors be corrected and progress stimulated.
HAILE SELASSIE

Development Growth Intelligence Opinion Politics Progress
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
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
There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.
HAILE SELASSIE

Acceptance Authority Deep Escape Power Responsibility
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
He [the Almighty] taught us that all human beings are equal regardless of sex, national origin and tribe. And He also taught us all who seek Him shall find Him.
HAILE SELASSIE

Equality God Himself Human Seek Sex
We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.
HAILE SELASSIE

Courage Greatness Human Nation Race Spirit
A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down.
HAILE SELASSIE

Foundation Home Rain Strong
It is both the duty and responsibility of the world’s fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many.
HAILE SELASSIE

Help Kindness Poor Responsibility World
Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?
HAILE SELASSIE

Democracy Politics Word
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
A man who says “I have learned enough and will learn no further” should be considered as knowing nothing at all.
HAILE SELASSIE

Education Fools Learning Man Myself

Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?

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