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Men Quotes by Haile Selassie
- As man's faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life
- 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?…
- Education develops the intellect; and the intellect distinguishes man from other creatures. It is education that enables man to harness nature and utilize her resources…
- 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…
- That which man dreams of and to Which he aspires, unless fulfilled in his own lifetime, can produce no actual satisfaction to him. It will…
- There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- I have heard of that idea. I also met certain Rastafarians. I told them clearly that I am a man, that I am mortal and…
- It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy...
- 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…
- Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
- That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer…
- Do not worship me, I am not God. I'm only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.
- We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations, but to our fellow men within the…
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- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
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