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1892–1975 Ethiopia
Haile Selassie [Ge'ez: ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ, romanized: qädamawi haylä səllasé] (23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael, was regent of Ethiopia from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, including 5 years of exile from 1936 to 1941 in the period of Italian occupation. Though himself a life-long Christian, and a member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, an Oriental Orthodox Church, he became revered as God incarnate by followers of the Rastafari movement founded in Jamaica in the early 1930s.
Ethiopia Activists Military leaders Monarchs Also known as: Haile Selassie I, Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
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To win the War, to overcome the enemy upon the fields cannot alone ensure the Victory in Peace.
Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
Knowing that material and spiritual progress are essential to man, we must ceaselessly work for the equal attainment of both.
All goes on as before, as always. Illusions, illusions.
What we seek is a new and a different way of life.
Education is a means of sharpening the mind of man both spiritually and intellectually. It is a two-edged sword that can be used either for the progress of mankind or for its destruction.
Since nobody can interfere in the realm of God we should tolerate and live side by side with those of other faiths.
Here, in this Assembly, reposes the best — perhaps the last — hope for the peaceful survival of mankind.
Address to the United Nations (1963)
This age above all ages is a period in history when it should be our prime duty to preach the Gospel of Grace to all our fellow men and women.
A qualified man with vision, unmoved by daily selfish interests, will be led to right decisions by his conscience.
Above all, from the human mind must be erased all thoughts of War as a solution. Then and then only will War cease.
When We say religion, it is not restricted to the professed faith. In this connection no one should question the faith of others, for no human can judge the ways of God.
This whole-hearted acceptance of the demands imposed by even higher standards is the basis of all human progress. A love of higher quality, we must remember, is essential in a leader.
Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?
Today is the day on which we defeated our enemy.
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.
Address to the United Nations (1963)
We wish to recall here the spirit of tolerance shown by Our Lord Jesus Christ when He gave forgiveness to all including those that crucified Him.
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.
Leadership does not mean domination.
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