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Place principle above all else.

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Haile Selassie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1892
Born: July 23
Died: 1975
Died: August 26
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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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A good leader... maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking.
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We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted the indifference of those who should have known better the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.
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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.
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Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.
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You must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow.
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Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.
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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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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.
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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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There is always something moving, brewing. There are ambitious people everywhere. Wicked people. The only thing to do is to deal with them with courage and decision. One must beware of uncertainty, weakness or conflicting emotions - they lead to defeat
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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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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.
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We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?
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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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As man's faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life
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Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
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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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