Haile Selassie

The Ethiopian government’s use of the railway from Djibouti to Addis Ababa was, in practice, a hazardous regards transport of arms intended for the Ethiopian forces.

An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.

Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

Do not worship me, I am not God. I’m only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.

Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?

Above all, we must avoid the pitfalls of tribalism. If we are divided among ourselves on tribal lines, we open our doors to foreign intervention and its potentially harmful consequences.

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.

Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace.

A peaceful nation is one that has the means to make war and restrains.

A happy and contented nation is an example to the whole world. Where there is contentment there must be peace.