Haile Selassie:

But in any country a few offenders must always be expected, and if some men are found transgressing the proclamation that has been promulgated, all the foreign envoys know that We have punished them even with the death penalty. Therefore, Our conscience does not rebuke Us, for We have done unceasingly everything possible as regards the liberation of the slaves.

— Haile Selassie Modern

Ethiopian Emperor

Context

My Life and Ethiopia's Progress Vol. I (autobiography)

Date / Period

1938

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