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

Haile Selassie

Every labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily
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Achievement Care Children Father Worth
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
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
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Attention Body Men People Sound Spiritual
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
Conflicts between nations will continue to arise. The real issue is whether they are to be resolved by force, or by resort to peaceful methods and procedures, administered by impartial institutions.
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Force Institution Issues Nation Peace Reality
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
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.
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Change Democracy Kindess Loyalty Man Word
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.
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Art Expectation Grace Material Sacrifice Tree
The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.
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Expression Men Nation
Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
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Grace Imagination Perseverance Success Togetherness Yourself
Feel the needs of others more than your own.
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Empathy Feeling Need
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
We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.
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Acceptance Existence Peace Togetherness
It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
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Animal Compassion Easy
Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?
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Democracy Politics Word
As man’s faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life.
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Development Himself Life Man
The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations.
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Different Greatness Hold On Inspirational Leadership Purpose True
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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Nation Opinion Unity World
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
There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.
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Acceptance Authority Deep Escape Power Responsibility
Do not worship me, I am not God. I’m only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.
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God Man Myself Religious
Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.
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Dominate Leadership People Rule World
A good leader maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking.
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Emotion Goodness Leadership Thinking
Leadership does not mean domination.
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Dominate Leadership One Liner
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
Place principle above all else.
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Character One Liner Place Principle

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

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