History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity. Haile Selassie More Quotes by Haile Selassie More Quotes From Haile Selassie In the history of the human race, those periods which later appeared as great have been the periods when the men and the women belonging to them had transcended the differences that divided them and had recognized in their membership in the human race a common bond. Haile Selassie differences race men 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 errors growth political We must act to shape and mold the future, and leave our imprint on events as they slip past into history. Haile Selassie mold events past 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 responsibility helping world Do the people of the world not yet realize that by fighting on until the bitter end I am not only performing my sacred duty to my people, but standing guard in the last citadel of collective security? Are they too blind to see that I have my responsibilities to the whole of humanity to face? I must still hold on until my tardy allies appear. And if they never come, then I say prophetically and without bitterness: The West will perish. Haile Selassie fighting responsibility civilization The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act - and if necessary, to suffer and die - for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that the least transgression of international morality shall not go undetected and unremedied. Haile Selassie rights justice men 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 taught-us tribes sex Place principle above all else. Haile Selassie principles Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment. Haile Selassie judging kingdoms remember Every labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily Haile Selassie achieve father children Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were politically free and economically independent. Their social patterns were their own and their cultures truly indigenous. Haile Selassie independent civilization years The Emperor himself amassed his great riches. The older he grew, the greater became his greed, his pitiable cupidity... he and his people took millions from the state treasurer and left cemeteries full of people who had died of hunger, cemeteries visible from the windows of the royal palace Haile Selassie royal-palaces greed people 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. Haile Selassie men war country 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. Haile Selassie faults men world Everyone, in all walks of life, regardless of his professional occupation should feel concerned and play an active role to solve such problems which affect mankind. Haile Selassie occupation roles play It is important that spiritual advancement must keep pace with material advancement. Haile Selassie advancement important spiritual We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools? Haile Selassie finished tools jobs 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 spiritual men people 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 sacrifice tree art As is commonly said, ‘to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful culmination takes great effort.’ Haile Selassie effort successful simple
