Haile Selassie — "The weak must be protected from the strong."

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time."

"We have finished the period of struggle. We have passed through the period of preparation. Now we must begin to implement."

"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 first class and second class citizens…"

"We were particularly convinced, by the policies directed against Us, that the enemy's heart was stricken with envy at Our setting up a constitution to strengthen and to consolidate Ethiopia's unity, a…"