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I have heard of that idea [i.e., of Haile Selassie being the reincarnation of Jesus Christ]. I also met certain Rastafarians. I told them clearly that I am a man, that I am mortal, and that I would be replaced by the oncoming generation, and that they should never make a mistake in assuming or pretending that the human being is emanated from a deity.

— Haile Selassie

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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.

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