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I, Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, am here today to claim that justice which is due to my people, and the assistance promised to it eight months ago, when fifty nations asserted that aggression had been committed in violation of international treaties.

— Haile Selassie Address to the League of Nations (1936)

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To win the War, to overcome the enemy upon the fields cannot alone ensure the Victory in Peace.

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