The Fruits Of One’s Sweat And Mental

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.

Democracy, Republics: What Do These Words Signify?

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.