Democracy, Republic: What Do These Words Signify?

It Is Important That Spiritual Advancement Must Keep Pace With Material Advancement. When This Comes To Be Realized Man's Journey Toward Higher And More Lasting Values Will Show More Marked Progress While The Evil In Him Recedes Into The Background. Knowing That Material And Spiritual Progress Are Essential To Man, We Must Ceaselessly Work For The Equal Attainment Of Both. Only Then Shall We Be Able To Acquire That Absolute Inner Calm So Necessary To Our Well-being.

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.

I Have Heard Of That Idea [i.e., Of Haile Selassie Being The Reincarnation Of Jesus Christ]. I Also Met Certain Rastafarians. I Told Them Clearly That I Am A Man, That I Am Mortal, And That...they Should Never Make A Mistake In Assuming Or Pretending That The Human Being Is Emanated From A Deity.

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

Knowledge Is Power. If It Is Not Applied Properly To Create, Let There Be No Doubts, It Will Destroy.