List of Haile Selassie Quotes

We Have Decided To Bring To An End The Most Unequal, Most Unjust, Most Barbarous War Of Our Age, And Have Chosen The Road To Exile In Order That Our People Will Not Be Exterminated And In Order To Consecrate Ourselves Wholly And In Peace To The Preservation Of Our Empire's Independence.

The United Nations Continues To Sense As The Forum Where Nations Whose Interests Clash May Lay Their Cases Before World Opinion.

The Charter Of The United Nations Expresses The Noblest Aspirations Of Man.

Democracy, Republics: What Do These Words Signify?

Like Twentieth-century Iran, The Remnant Of The Persian Empire, Ethiopia Under Haile Selassie Attempted To Preserve The Absolutist State Throught An Accommodation With Modernizing Forces In His Own Terms Without Completely Subduing Traditionalists. This Was Not A Strategy Of Haile Selassie's Own Choosing. Instead, He Was Overtaken By Events And Forced To Deal With Contradictions That Were From The Very Beginning Too Formidable To Be Managed In The Long Term.

Today I Stand Before The World Organization Which Has Succeeded To The Mantle Discarded By Its Discredited Predecessor.

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.

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.

One Cannot Deny That In Former Times Man's Life Had Been One Of Toil And Hardship. It Is Correct To Say, Therefore, That Modern Civilization And The Progress Of Science Have Greatly Improved Man's Life And Have Brought Comfort And Ease In Their Trail.

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.

The Charter Of The United Nations Expresses The Noblest Aspirations Of Man: Abjuration Of Force In The Settlement Of Disputes Between States; The Assurance Of Human Rights And Fundamental Freedoms For All Without Distinction As To Race, Sex, Language Or Religion; The Safeguarding Of International Peace And Security.

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.